Aeronautics and astronautics – Missile stabilization or trajectory control – Externally mounted stabilizing appendage
Patent
1994-07-11
1996-07-16
Kashnikow, Andres
Aeronautics and astronautics
Missile stabilization or trajectory control
Externally mounted stabilizing appendage
244100C, 104 231, 104 89, B64D 300, B62D 102
Patent
active
055359639
ABSTRACT:
An aircraft which rolls along a guide rail at low speeds and attains aerodynamically airborne flight guided along the rail at high speeds. The guide rail structure includes I beams suspended end to end from spaced apart arches. The guide rails are mounted on the lower ends of the I beam and include flat bottom surfaces and curved upper surfaces that receive the wheels of the aircraft in the low speed operating mode. The upper surfaces are portions of elliptical surfaces to assure proper positioning of the aircraft wheels. In the high speed airborne mode of operation, proximity sensors on the aircraft sense the distance to the guide rail. Controls receive inputs from the sensors and adjust the flight path accordingly.
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Lehl Elvest L.
Zumwalt Glen W.
Airtrain Incorporated
Kashnikow Andres
Mojica Virna Lissi
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