公开(公告)号：US20180273204A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-27

申请号：US15918624

申请日：2018-03-12

申请人： Insitu, Inc.

发明人： Robert Gilchrist, III ,  John Stafford ,  Brian D. Dennis ,  Allen Smith ,  Jaime Mack ,  Steven M. Sliwa ,  Bradley Louis Schrick ,  Robert Hughes

IPC分类号： B64F1/02

CPC分类号： B64F1/02 ,  B64C2201/182

摘要： Systems and methods for recovering unmanned aircraft and controlling post-recovery motion of the aircraft are disclosed herein. An aircraft recovery system for handling an unmanned aircraft in accordance with one embodiment of the disclosure includes a base portion and an elongated aircraft capture member having a first end movably coupled to the base portion and a second, free end opposite the first end. The aircraft capture member includes a first portion and a second portion at a distal end of the first portion and positioned to intercept an unmanned aircraft in flight. The first and/or second portions are generally flexible. The system further includes an energy capture and dissipation assembly operably coupled to the aircraft capture member and positioned to receive at least a portion of the landing forces from the aircraft.