The landing system includes a drone aircraft 10, with three movable landing gear legs 32,34,36, and a docking station (fig.6;50), having three abutments (fig.6;54,56,60), one for each leg of the aircraft; in a flight condition (fig.8) at least one of the legs is spaced apart from the abutments; in a docking condition each leg abuts a respective abutment to locate the aircraft on the docking station. The landing system may be located in a motor vehicle 4 roof box 6, having a wind deflector 7 at its forward edge and a closure 8 to cover the docking station. Each leg may have a skid 38,40,42 to engage the abutments. The legs may extend radially from the aircraft, circumferentially spaced by 120 degrees. Static legs (fig.4;64,66,68,70) may extend axially from rotor arms (fig.4;22,24,26,28) or from a body 12 of the aircraft. The aircraft body may comprise a magnet (fig.4;12) and the docking station may include a ferro-magnetic metallic plate (fig.7;72), and a light source (fig.7;76,78). The abutments may include steps extending orthogonally to the docking station.


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    Title :

    Unmanned Aircraft and Landing System Therefor


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2020-02-12


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge



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