PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and a method for an aerial launch and/or recovery for unmanned aircraft.SOLUTION: A carrier aircraft 101 can be configured to launch, capture, or both launch and capture a carried aircraft 120. The carrier aircraft can be configured for vertical takeoff and landing. The carrier aircraft can include a first capture device 105, for example, a flexible capture line 106. The carried aircraft can include a second capture device 123 to engage with the first capture device. The second capture device includes wing tip hooks 124. When one of wings 122 strikes the capture line, the corresponding wing tip hook engages with the capture line, causing the captured carried aircraft to dangle from the capture line. The carrier aircraft then guides the capture line and the captured carried aircraft in a controlled descent to the ground. The system includes a downline apparatus 170. The downline apparatus can include an anchor and/or shock absorbing elements that cushion the impact of the carried aircraft with the capture line.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

    【課題】無人航空機のための航空機発射及び/又は回収するシステム及び方法を提供する。【解決手段】運搬航空機101は、被運搬航空機120を発射し、捕獲し、又は発射及び捕獲するように構成される。運搬航空機は、垂直に離陸及び着陸できるように構成される。運搬航空機は、第1の捕獲装置105は捕獲ライン106を含む。被運搬航空機は、第1の捕獲装置と係合する第2の捕獲装置123を含む。第2の捕獲装置は翼端フック124を含む。翼122の1つが捕獲ラインとぶつかったときに、対応する翼端フックが、捕獲ラインと係合し、捕獲された被運搬航空機が捕獲ラインからぶら下がる。その後、運搬航空機は、捕獲ライン及び捕獲された被運搬航空機を、地上への制御された下降へと誘導する。システムはダウンライン装置170を含む。ダウンライン装置は、アンカー、及び/又は被運搬航空機の捕獲ラインとの衝撃を和らげる衝撃吸収要素を含み得る。【選択図】図1


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    Titel :

    AERIAL LAUNCH AND/OR RECOVERY FOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    無人航空機のための空中発射及び/又は回収、並びに関連するシステム及び方法


    Beteiligte:
    ANDREW HAYES (Autor:in) / WAYNE DAVID GOODRICH (Autor:in) / JAMES MCGREW (Autor:in) / DARCY DAVIDSON (Autor:in) / CHARLIE LAWRENCE GUTHRIE (Autor:in) / PETER JOSEF KUNZ (Autor:in) / ROLF RYSDYK (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2017-08-31


    Medientyp :

    Patent


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Japanisch


    Klassifikation :

    IPC:    B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT / B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / B64F GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT , Boden- oder Flugzeugträgerdeckeinrichtungen besonders ausgebildet für die Verwendung in Verbindung mit Luftfahrzeugen



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