公开(公告)号：US20170225784A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-10

申请号：US15269597

申请日：2016-09-19

申请人： Insitu, Inc.

发明人： Andrew Royds Hayes ,  James Statelar McGrew ,  Wayne David Goodrich ,  Jeffrey Hugh Knapp ,  Charles Lawrence Guthrie ,  Bradley Louis Schrick ,  Darcy Lynn Davidson ,  Peter Josef Kunz ,  Rolf Theodoor Rysdyk

IPC分类号： B64D5/00 ,  B63B21/50 ,  B64C29/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64C27/08

CPC分类号： B64D5/00 ,  B63B21/50 ,  B64C27/08 ,  B64C29/0025 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C39/026 ,  B64C2201/021 ,  B64C2201/024 ,  B64C2201/066 ,  B64C2201/082 ,  B64C2201/104 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/141 ,  B64C2201/165 ,  B64C2201/182

摘要： Aerial launch and/or recovery for unmanned aircraft, and associated systems and methods. A representative method for operating an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system includes directing a first, multi-rotor carrier aircraft to carry a second, carried aircraft aloft, and release the second aircraft for flight, while powering the first aircraft with an on-board battery. The method can further include directing the first aircraft to position a capture line in a flight path of the second aircraft to capture the second aircraft.