VTOL launching and retrieval systems

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1977-04-11

1978-10-31

Barefoot, Galen L.

Aeronautics and astronautics

Landing field arrangement

Mooring devices

244115, 269257, 294 67BB, B64F 122

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041230205

ABSTRACT:
A VTOL launching and retrieval system comprising a single stud type primary landing gear and a mechanical arm equipped with a clamping device arranged to take hold of the VTOL while it is held in upright position using its own flight control system and it is either fully airborne or to some extent supported on its stud. The system allows an orderly transfer of the VTOL motion control from that by means of its flight controls to that by means of the mechanical arm which may be of flexible type, allowing to move the VTOL to stabilize in space its grasping digits or to move the VTOL from the landing site to a hangar.

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