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Method and apparatus enabling a horizontal landing of a flying body

  • US 4,408,737 A
  • Filed: 07/06/1981
  • Issued: 10/11/1983
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/02/1978
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for horizontally landing a flying body having a center of gravity and steering means, comprising paraglider canopy parachute means having a given diameter and being normally stored in a top side portion of the flying body, said parachute means including load suspending means comprising a plurality of load suspending flexible cords divided into at least two groups of load suspending cords, said apparatus further comprising at least two pivot point means (23, 24) including a forward pivot point secured to said flying body forward of said center of gravity and rearward pivot point means secured to said flying body to the rear of said center of gravity, one group of load suspending cords (26) being connected to said forward pivot point (23) and the other group of load suspending cords being connected to said rearward pivot point means, each group of cords having a given constant length such that said one group of load suspending cords connected to the forward pivot point is longer than the other group of load suspending cords connected to the rearward pivot point means, whereby the load exerted by the flying body on the load suspending cords is suspended at least at two axially separated pivot points and so that said given diameter of said paraglider canopy parachute is at least about 70% smaller than the diameter of a conventional parachute for a substantially vertical landing of a comparable load.

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