Deployable landing gear systems and related methods for vehicles descending from high altitude balloons. A deployable landing gear system may include a support assembly configured to deploy from an undeployed state to a deployed state. The landing support assembly may include a strut and two swing arms. The strut may include an outer cylinder, an inner cylinder, and a compression spring. The outer cylinder may have a compressible material positioned therein. The inner cylinder may be slidably disposed within the outer cylinder. The compression spring may be positioned around the outer cylinder between a fixed first bracket and a slidable second bracket. In response to deployment, the compression spring may compress between the first and second brackets and the inner cylinder may compress the compressible material. The two swing arms may share a common axis of rotation that is offset from the an axis of rotation of the strut.
DEPLOYABLE LANDING GEAR SYSTEMS
2024-10-31
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64B LIGHTER-THAN-AIR AIRCRAFT , Luftfahrzeuge leichter als Luft |
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