AIRCRAFT BARRIER NET
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1. An arresting device for delta wing aircraft comprising:
- a. two parallel nets suspended horizontally across and above the runway for successively engaging the leading edge of the aircraft wing;
b. each of said nets comprising an upper rope member and a lower rope member spaced from one another in a horizontal plane a distance which is equal to the height of the net;
c. the upper rope members being joined at their ends and connected to common suspension means;
d. the upper and lower rope members of each of said nets being interconnected by means of a plurality of spaced bands extending vertically between said rope members;
e. the upper and lower rope members of each of said nets also being connected at their ends by means of a loop member slidably engaging a coupling member;
f. said coupling member being connected to torque absorbing means arranged at opposite sides of the runway.
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Abstract
An aircraft arresting means comprising a barrier net composed of horizontal bands joined by a plurality of vertical bands, the net having band ends which include loops that pass around pins forming part of a coupling to brakes to which ends of the bands are connected. The loops sliding around the pins cause adjustment of the net, when contacted by an aircraft so that a uniformly distributed load is obtained on all of the activated bands of the net.
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1. An arresting device for delta wing aircraft comprising:
- a. two parallel nets suspended horizontally across and above the runway for successively engaging the leading edge of the aircraft wing;
b. each of said nets comprising an upper rope member and a lower rope member spaced from one another in a horizontal plane a distance which is equal to the height of the net;
c. the upper rope members being joined at their ends and connected to common suspension means;
d. the upper and lower rope members of each of said nets being interconnected by means of a plurality of spaced bands extending vertically between said rope members;
e. the upper and lower rope members of each of said nets also being connected at their ends by means of a loop member slidably engaging a coupling member;
f. said coupling member being connected to torque absorbing means arranged at opposite sides of the runway.
- a. two parallel nets suspended horizontally across and above the runway for successively engaging the leading edge of the aircraft wing;
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2. An aircraft arresting device according to claim 1, wherein the loop members are provided with stop means for limiting the sliding movements of the loops in the coupling against a stop means.
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3. An aircraft arresting device according to claim 2, wherein the coupling is provided with a direction-changing roller and a stop roller system.
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4. An aircraft arresting device according to claim 3, wherein the loop members have direction-changing rollers and stop rollers arranged horizontally parallel.
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