Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Asymmetric aircraft and their launch and recovery systems from small ships
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Application No.: US15111133Application Date: 2015-01-13
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Publication No.: US10919627B2Publication Date: 2021-02-16
- Inventor: William Randall McDonnell
- Applicant: Advanced Product Development, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MO St. Louis
- Assignee: Advanced Product Development, LLC
- Current Assignee: Advanced Product Development, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MO St. Louis
- Agency: Sandberg Phoenix and von Gontard
- International Application: PCT/US2015/011149 WO 20150113
- International Announcement: WO2015/160394 WO 20151022
- Main IPC: B64C39/02
- IPC: B64C39/02 ; B64C39/00 ; B64F1/02 ; B64F1/22 ; B64F1/04 ; B63H9/069 ; B64C3/10

Abstract:
An asymmetric aircraft (1) and an aircraft (1) that can operate from small ships (8) and be stored in high density with three aircraft or more in one helicopter hangar (107) without needing a landing gear or wing fold. These aircraft slide into and out of the hangar on dollies (90) like circuit boards in a computer and are launched and recovered using a large towed parafoil (6).
Public/Granted literature
- US20160375981A1 ASYMMETRIC AIRCRAFT AND THEIR LAUNCH AND RECOVERY SYSTEMS FROM SMALL SHIPS Public/Granted day:2016-12-29
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