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Autorotor launching system

US4052927A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 1, 1966
Grant dateOct 11, 1977
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 1, 1986

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF42B25/00
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An airborne launcher and method of delivering a munition system comprising n combination (a) means to rotate the autorotor to a predetermined angular velocity prior to release from the launcher (b) means which direct the rotation of the autorotor in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction resulting in the desired angle of glide of the munition to a preselected area without the aid of the forward speed of the airborne vehicle.

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