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Unmanned craft

  • US 4,410,151 A
  • Filed: 08/28/1980
  • Issued: 10/18/1983
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/30/1979
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A combination, comprising:

  • a launch silo of rectangular cross section having an open or openable front and rail means along two oppositely located corners;

    a vehicle in the silo having a fuselage and means for extending laterally from the fuselage for supporting guide means to run on said rail means;

    propeller-driven engine means on the vehicle and having a propeller which can freely rotate when the vehicle is in the silo, said laterally extending means, extending well beyond a circle delineated by the propeller when rotating;

    rocket engine means releasably connected to the vehicle to be disposed aft of the propeller means to impart launching, thrust upon the vehicle; and

    wing means, deployably attached to the fuselage and prior to launch being retracted towards the fuselage into a position in which the respective wing tips are not more rearward in relation to the fuselage than in a deployed position, said wing means being capable of deployment as soon as the vehicle has left the silo.

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