An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) launch tube apparatus and method, including: a tube; a sabot disposed in an interior of said tube, said sabot having a first clasp tab, where said sabot further comprises an expandable skirt, and where said expandable skirt is axially restrained within said tube by an adhesive; and a clasp detachably coupled to said first clasp tab and contacting an inner circumferential wall of said tube; where said clasp is rotationally constrained by said inner circumferential wall and said first clasp tab.
L'invention porte sur un tube de lancement (100) de véhicule aérien sans équipage (UAV), lequel tube a au moins une couche de substrat de préimprégné disposée autour d'une ouverture (106) de façon à former un tube, un sabot (110) disposé à l'intérieur dudit tube (100), ledit sabot (110) ayant une première patte d'agrafe (126), et une agrafe (124) couplée amovible à ladite première patte d'agrafe et venant en contact avec une paroi périphérique interne (102) dudit tube (100), de telle sorte que ladite agrafe (124) est contrainte en rotation par la paroi périphérique interne (102) et ladite première patte d'agrafe (126).
SYSTEM FOR DETACHABLY COUPLING AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE WITHIN A LAUNCH TUBE
SYSTEME POUR COUPLER AMOVIBLE UN VEHICULE AERIEN SANS EQUIPAGE A L'INTERIEUR D'UN TUBE DE LANCEMENT
2019-07-09
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | F41B WEAPONS FOR PROJECTING MISSILES WITHOUT USE OF EXPLOSIVE OR COMBUSTIBLE PROPELLANT CHARGE , Waffen zum Verschießen von Geschossen ohne Verwendung von Explosiv- oder Treibladungen / 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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