Inflatable airfoil canopy launching method and apparatus

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1981-10-27

1985-12-10

Barefoot, Galen L.

Aeronautics and astronautics

Aircraft propulsion

Launching

244 1TD, 244151B, 244152, 244DIG1.3, B64F 110

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045574391

ABSTRACT:
Lateral forces exerted on an air inflated, airfoil canopy of an aerial device during towline launching are balanced by slidable displacement of the coupling between the towline and a flexible guide attached at spaced locations to the aerial device. The flexible guide has a triangular configuration to control the distribution of towing force components and corresponding changes in orientation of the aerial device.

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Tower Hobbies "Tower Talk", advertisement for RLF H.D. Hi-Start, p. 2, Issue #3, 1983.

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