Patent · US Expired

Unmanned aircraft

US4666105A · kind A · utility

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5References

5Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Messerschmitt Bolkow Blohm GmbH · DE

Inventors

Juergen Dellinger · Achim (Weser), DE
Hans-Jochen Hoeppner · Bremen, DE
Ulrich Kraemer · Wolfach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 4, 1985
Grant date	May 19, 1987
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 4, 2005

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB64U2101/31
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An unmanned craft having a fuselage, a propeller drive with a propeller being arranged in the tail portion of the fuselage for purposes of cruising, and a rocket assist propulsion system for the takeoff phase is releasably mounted to the fuselage, the improvement includes three spring biased thrust rods being secured to the frame and releasably engaging peripheral points of the craft. The thrust rods are radially pivotal in outer direction. Support points on the wings and the rudder engage front ends of the rods in contourmatching relationship but are disengageable therefrom.

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