Methods and apparatus (100) to recover unmanned aerial vehicles with kites (116) are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus (100) includes a tether line (108) to be supported by a kite (116) at a distal end thereof, and a release device (602) to deploy and expand a parafoil (130, 304, 404, 504) from at least one of the tether line (108) or the kite (116) in response to the aircraft (120) contacting the tether line (108).
METHODS AND APPARATUS TO RECOVER UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES WITH KITES
VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNGEN ZUR BERGUNG VON UNBEMANNTEN LUFTFAHRZEUGEN MIT DRACHEN
PROCÉDÉS ET APPAREIL DE RÉCUPÉRATION D'AÉRONEFS SANS PILOTE À L'AIDE DE CERFS-VOLANTS
2025-01-29
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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