Process for flight-attitude-adjustment of a flying body and/or activation of live load carried by the flying body and arrangement for carrying out the process
US4557437A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 5, 1982 |
| Grant date | Dec 10, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 5, 2002 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF41G7/34
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A process for controlling the flight attitude of a flying body and/or the activation of a useful live load on a flying body and the arrangement for carrying out the process. At least one receiving-emitting-unit for emitting and receiving energy in the form of ultra soundwaves is first emitted in bundled form from the unit and then reflected from the region immediately adjoining the flying body, for example, the ground surface, and received by the unit, whereupon the soundwaves are converted into electrical signals. By means of time lapse measurements of the emitted and reflected soundwaves there can, for example, be measured the distance of the flying body from the ground. If the flying body deviates from a predetermined flight path, control surfaces for correcting the flight path are adjusted by control means. Moreover, by means of the receiving-emitting-unit and via the control means a useful live load can be activated.
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