Aeronautics and astronautics – Retarding and restraining devices – Friction brakes
Patent
1984-11-21
1987-06-23
Barefoot, Galen
Aeronautics and astronautics
Retarding and restraining devices
Friction brakes
B64F 102
Patent
active
046747117
ABSTRACT:
Portable aircraft arresting apparatus is disclosed which is comprised of a towable wheeled trailer providing a frame adapted to be anchored along a runway or landing strip and which is adapted to selectively support two different energy absorbing units, one of which includes a tape reel rotatable about a horizontal axis and the other of which includes a tape reel rotatable about a vertical axis. At least partially different tape patterns and paths are required with respect to the tapes on the two reels, and the frame carries sheave components which provide the required tape patterns and paths for the tapes on the two reels. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, the sheave components provide selectable tape issue paths, one of which opens laterally of the frame and the other of which opens longitudinally of the frame, thus providing selectivity with respect to positioning of the apparatus relative to a runway.
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"Portarrest" Mobile Aircraft Arresting System" by Gulf & Western Co., reprinted from Air Force Magazine May 1981, Almanac ed. and Sep. 1981 issue.
Barefoot Galen
Fiorito Lynn M.
Gulf & Western Manufacturing Company
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