PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a flight assisting device for an unmanned aircraft allowing a user to arbitrarily adjust a lashing tension so as to achieve a stable flight of the unmanned aircraft, as well as capable of performing the adjustment without adversely affecting a remote control of the unmanned aircraft.SOLUTION: A flight assisting device for an unmanned aircraft assists a flight of the unmanned aircraft by using a lashing, and comprises: a spool for winding the lashing; an electric motor rotating in a winding direction of the spool; and a clutch mechanism for transmitting a power of the electric motor to the spool. The clutch mechanism comprises: a friction disk for transmitting the power of the electric motor to the spool as a winding torque corresponding to an amount of slip thereof; a brake disk; and an actuator capable of arbitrarily varying the amount of slip by shifting the disks to contact with/separate from each other, so as to apply a tension to the lashing while balancing the winding torque of the spool with a lift force of the unmanned aircraft. In addition, the flight assisting device comprises motor control means for detecting an altitude of the unmanned aircraft and for starting driving of the electric motor when the detected latitude becomes a predetermined set value.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

    【課題】無人航空機を安定飛行すべく繋索のテンションを利用者が随意に調整でき、且つ、その調整を無人航空機の遠隔操縦に支障を来さないように行い得る無人航空機の飛行補助装置を開示する。【解決手段】無人航空機の飛行を繋索によって補助する装置であって、繋索を巻回するスプールと、スプールの巻き取り方向に回転する電動モータと、電動モータの動力をスプールに伝達するクラッチ機構とを備え、クラッチ機構は、電動モータの動力をその滑り量に応じた巻き取りトルクとしてスプールに伝達する摩擦ディスク及び制動ディスクと、これらディスクを相対的に接離する方向に移動させて滑り量を任意に可変するアクチュエータとを備え、スプールの巻き取りトルクを無人航空機の揚力と釣り合わせて繋索にテンションを付与可能とした。さらに、無人航空機の高度を検出して、高度が予め設定した設定値となったときに電動モータを駆動開始するモータ制御手段を備える。【選択図】図1


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    Title :

    FLIGHT ASSISTING DEVICE FOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT


    Additional title:

    無人航空機の飛行補助装置


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2017-06-29


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    Japanese


    Classification :

    IPC:    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 / B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT



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