The electromagnetic acceleration group at MIT has undertaken to build an electric glider launcher. The launcher features a mobile helical rail accelerator and power supply. It will launch a 6 foot radio-controlled glider for an overall range of several miles. This device is a prototype for a larger system that will provide a launch platform for munition and supply loaded gliders and a wide variety of RPV's. A 6 meter helical rail launcher has been constructed and is being tested. It is a twin boom device designed to accelerate a 5 kg glider to 100 m/s at 100 g's acceleration.
Helical rail glider launcher
Eine schraubenfoermig gefuehrte Startrampe fuer einen Munitionssegler
IEEE Transactions on Magnetics ; 18 , 1 ; 190-193
1982
4 Seiten, 7 Bilder, 3 Quellen
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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