Aircraft

• US 8,313,057 B2
• Filed: 01/26/2004
• Issued: 11/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rednikov Valeriy Vasilievich
• Original Assignee: Rednikov Valeriy Vasilievich
• Inventors: Rednikov, Valeriy Vasilievich
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Benjamin P
• Application Number:
  US10/544,358
• Publication Number:
  US 20060065780A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,221 Days
• Field of Search: 244/110.G, 244/110.C, 244/110.F, 244/110.R
• US Class Current: 244/110.R
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 25/68 Arrester hooks
• CPC Class Codes: B64F 1/029 using a cable or tether
• CPC Class Codes: B64F 1/04 for launching aircraft

Abstract

The inventive aircraft with off-aerodrome landing consists of a body (1), a lifting wing (2) and the onboard part of a rope arresting and landing device comprising an arresting hook (5) which is provided with a grip (6). In the preferred embodiment, said aircraft is provided with a propeller (3) arranged in an annular empennage (4). Said arresting hook is arranged in such a way that it is rotatable around the transversal axis (8) of the aircraft situated in a longitudinal spacing of the aerodynamic mean chord of the wing. The aircraft leads for landing with the upwardly deployed arresting hook in such a way that the trajectory (12) of a top pickup point (6) is higher than the trajectory (13) of the highest top point of the aircraft and higher than a cable or rope (14) tensed on a landing area. The trajectory (13′) of the highest point of the aircraft located ahead of the arresting hook passes at a lower level than the cable (14). In said conditions, the grip of the arresting hook holds the cable which has a required effort for drawing it from a stationary arresting device. By overcoming said effort, the aircraft spends a flight kinetic energy and stops being suspended on the cable.

Claims

1. An aircraft comprising a lifting wing, an arresting hook with a grip portion and an axis of rotation of the hook, wherein the axis being located transversely of the aircraft, the hook extends by the grip portion above the aircraft during a landing to be engaged with a cable of a cable landing device situated at a landing position, the hook being mounted on the aircraft capable of rotating around the axis as a result of braking force of engagement with the cable, and the axis being located within an area defined by the longitudinal expanse of the mean aerodynamic chord, above and behind of the center of gravity of the aircraft.

2. The aircraft according to claim 1 is further characterized by the axis being located immobile with respect to the aircraft.

3. The aircraft according to claim 1 is further characterized by the axis being located in parallel to a lateral axis of the aircraft.