A method of launching an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) launch, comprising: restraining a sabot in a launch tube; introducing gas to a high-pressure side of an expandable sabot skirt of a sabot to break said restraint of said sabot in said launch tube; pushing said expandable sabot skirt against an inner circumferential wall of said launch tube using said gas; and driving said sabot up said launch tube using said gas.

    Un procédé de lancement dun véhicule aérien sans pilote comprenant : la retenue dun sabot dans un tube de lancement; lintroduction de gaz sur un côté à haute pression dune jupe de sabot pour défaire ladite retenue dudit sabot dans ledit tube de lancement; la poussée de ladite jupe de sabot extensible contre une paroi circonférentielle dudit tube de lancement à laide dudit gaz; et la conduite dudit sabot dans ledit tube de lancement à laide dudit gaz.


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    Title :

    SYSTEM FOR DETACHABLY COUPLING AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE WITHIN A LAUNCH TUBE


    Additional title:

    SYSTEME POUR COUPLER AMOVIBLE UN VEHICULE AERIEN SANS EQUIPAGE A L'INTERIEUR D'UN TUBE DE LANCEMENT


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    Publication date :

    2022-10-18


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    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 / F41B WEAPONS FOR PROJECTING MISSILES WITHOUT USE OF EXPLOSIVE OR COMBUSTIBLE PROPELLANT CHARGE , Waffen zum Verschießen von Geschossen ohne Verwendung von Explosiv- oder Treibladungen



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