Aircraft weapon mountings

US4106389A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• British Aircraft Corporation · GB

Inventor

• Gerald D. Walley · Preston, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: May 10, 1977
• Grant date: Aug 15, 1978
• Expiry date: May 10, 1997

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F41F3/06
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An aircraft has a fuselage with a forward cockpit, an aft mounted fin, and an upper deck extending between the two, there being a weapon launcher assembly of elongated form with a forward end through which rocket propelled weapons are launched, a rearward end through which rocket exhaust is dissipated, and an upper deck extending between the two, the launcher being pivotable between a stowed position wherein it lies with its upper deck smoothly continuous with the upper deck of the fuselage and an extended weapon launch position wherein the weapons can be launched clear of the forward cockpit.