British Aerospace Public Limited Company (London GB2 03)
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A system for retrieval and/or launching an aircraft capable of hovering flight (for example an aircraft having a thrust vectoring capability or a helicopter) includes gantry means 3, 5 for mounting on a surface station (for example a naval vessel 1), and an aircraft capable of hovering in a stationa
A system for retrieval and/or launching an aircraft capable of hovering flight (for example an aircraft having a thrust vectoring capability or a helicopter) includes gantry means 3, 5 for mounting on a surface station (for example a naval vessel 1), and an aircraft capable of hovering in a stationary position with respect to the gantry. The gantry and the aircraft are provided with complementary engagement means 9, 10 which are releasably engageable to allow the whole of the weight of the aircraft to be carried by the gantry. The engagement means on the aircraft are provided in the region of its center of gravity. In a retrieval sequence, the aircraft hovers with its engagement means 10 within a notional window with respect to the engagement means 9 of the gantry and the engagement means are then engaged.
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The method of launching an aircraft in a system for launching and/or retrieving an aircraft, said system including: (i) gantry means having a base portion for attachment to a surface station and a distal portion, (ii) a longitudinally extensible member pivotally mounted on said distal portion, (iii)
The method of launching an aircraft in a system for launching and/or retrieving an aircraft, said system including: (i) gantry means having a base portion for attachment to a surface station and a distal portion, (ii) a longitudinally extensible member pivotally mounted on said distal portion, (iii) first actuation means operable to effect extension and contraction of said extensible member, (iv) second actuation means operable to effect pivotal movement of said extensible member with respect to said distal portion, (v) first complementary engagement means provided on the end region of said extensible member remote from the distal portion, (vi) an aircraft capable of hovering in a substantially stationary horizontal position with respect to said gantry means, (vii) second complementary engagement means provided on the aircraft in the region of its center of gravity adjacent the normal axis of the aircraft and being adapted for releasable engagement with said first complementary engagement means, (viii) control means for sensing the position of the second complementary engagement means when the aircraft is hovering in a predetermined acquisition region, and for operating said first and second actuation means to guide said first complementary engagement means into engagement with said second complementary engagement means, and (ix) location means against which the aircraft is drawn for substantially rigid location subsequent to carrying engagement by the complementary engagement means: the steps comprising: effecting a flight controllable condition of the aircraft while carried in the gantry means and drawn against the location means; actuating said first actuation means to cause the aircraft to be lowered to clear the location means while still maintaining the complementary engagement means engaged; effecting a hovering thrust supported condition of the carried aircraft; disengaging the complementary engagement means; and subsequently causing the aircraft to fly clear of the gantry means. A system for launching and/or retrieving an aircraft said system including: (i) gantry means having a base portion for attachment to a surface station and a distal portion, (ii) a longitudinally extensible member pivotally mounted on said distal portion, (iii) first actuation means operable to effect extension and contraction of said extensible member, (iv) second actuation means operable to effect pivotal movement of said extensible member with respect to said distal portion, (v) first complementary engagement means provided on the end region of said extensible member remote from the distal portion, (vi) an aircraft capable of hovering in a substantially stationary horizontal position with respect to said gantry means, (vii) second complementary engagement means provided on the aircraft in the region of its center of gravity adjacent the normal axis of the aircraft and being adapted for releasable engagement with said first complementary engagement means, (viii) control means for sensing the position of the second complementary engagement means when the aircraft is hovering in a predetermined acquisition region, and for operating said first and second actuation means to guide said first complementary engagement means into engagement with said second complementary engagement means, whereby for retrieval of the aircraft, said first complementary engagement means may be brought into releasable aircraft-carrying complementary engagement with said second engagement means, irrespective of the location of the aircraft within said acquisition region, to support a major portion of the weight of the aircraft, and the system being arranged such that a carried aircraft when released by disengagement of the engagement means can adopt an in-flight, self-supported position.
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