Rapid assembly aircraft for ground surveillance

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1989-04-17

1991-07-30

Peters, Jr., Joseph F.

Aeronautics and astronautics

Aircraft control

Automatic

244120, 244 79, 244 312, 358109, 446 34, B64C 1320

Patent

active

050353829

ABSTRACT:
A terrain surveillance, powered aircraft is disclosed to have an on-board video camera that is not gimballed relative to the aircraft, the aircraft typically comprising multiple components; the method of the invention including: assembling the components into aircraft configuration at or near a launch site; launching the aircraft at that site with no human pilot on board same; remotely controlling the flight path of the aircraft by radio or cable link, to fly to a location for terrain surveillance; operating the on-board video camera to survey the terrain while varying yaw of the aircraft to provide sweep viewing of the terrain; and recovering the aircraft by controlling its flight to steeply descend to a landing zone.

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