Aeronautics and astronautics – Landing field arrangement – Mooring devices
Patent
1997-10-28
2000-01-25
Barefoot, Galen L.
Aeronautics and astronautics
Landing field arrangement
Mooring devices
244161, B64F 112
Patent
active
060169974
ABSTRACT:
Coupling a landed helicopter to a positioning device, on a ship deck, for example, has up to now been carried out by an operator in such a way that the operator manually operates a grasping means (18), engaging with a longitudinal side of the helicopter, and stops it. The coupling device and method according to the invention use an optical device (30) on at least on grasping mechanism (18) and a reflection means, corresponding to an optical device on the helicopter. The optical device (30) locates the helicopter regardless of the helicopter's landing position, and moves the grasping mechanism (18) by means of corresponding control systems in simple fashion to an exact coupling position without any need for intervention by an operator.
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Gross Ernst-Peter
Wendt Heiner
Barefoot Galen L.
MBB Forder - Und Hebesysteme GmbH
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