GB2312056A - Remote flying craft with mobile control - Google Patents
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- GB2312056A GB2312056A GB9620648A GB9620648A GB2312056A GB 2312056 A GB2312056 A GB 2312056A GB 9620648 A GB9620648 A GB 9620648A GB 9620648 A GB9620648 A GB 9620648A GB 2312056 A GB2312056 A GB 2312056A
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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Abstract
The remote craft is an unmanned helicopter flying craft, controlled by the operator from the module mounted on a suitable vehicle to ensure the control module mobile. A landrover or muskeg tractor would be a good mobile for carrying out pipes, poles, animal feed or water to fight forest and heathland fires. For timber harvesting, the module would be mounted on a lorry, the lorry would also transport the remote craft as a unit between sites. The craft would carry a payload of eight tonnes, be operative within an eight kilometer radius of the module, be powered by a diesel engine driving the rotors, the generators and hydraulic equipment for ancillary operations and be remotely controlled from the control module by means of radio transmissions determined by the operator viewing images on visual display units received from cameras strategically mounted on the remote craft.
Description
REMOTE CRAFT WITH MOBILE MODULE
This invention relates to an unmanned remote craft with manned mobile control module.
The remote craft with mobile control module was invented as a flying, load-carrying, unmanned workhorse, remotely controlled from a manned mobile control module with the operator viewing images relayed to a visual display unit from wide angled cameras strategically mounted on the remote craft. It would carry loads of eight tonnes to and from areas usually difficult to traverse with conventional equipment, the remote craft being an unmanned helicopter with no personnel carrying area and controlled remotely by the operator from the comfort and safety of the mobile control module. It would operate at a maximum distance of eight kilometers radius from the mobile control module and the mobile control module would be mobile by being mounted on a mobile most suited for the intended job.
This invention has been invented primarily, but not solely, for the forestry industry for extraction of trees,complete with branches, in a land friendly manner from our steeper and softer forests that cannot tolerate the continual misuse from heavy wheeled harvesting and forwarding equipment which is generally used in forestry harvesting work today. The remote craft with mobile control module would also be used to carry out gas pipelines, water pipelines, telephone poles, electricity poles, fencing materials and electric pylons from the nearest road delivery point to where they are required for installation, sometimes in areas unsuitable for ground propelled equipment. It could also be used for carrying water to fight forest fires in remoteuand dangerous areas
The control module would be prefabricated like a small air conditioned office, large enough to contain the operator and the required electronic equipment needed to control the remote craft at work. It would be mounted on the mobile most suited for the intended job - such as a long wheelbased landrover or a tracked muskeg tractor to travel the module to within controlling distance of the remote craft when carrying out pipes, poles, fencing materials, water for fighting forest and heathland fires, or winter feed for starving animals. For timber harvesting work, the best mobile would be an eight wheeled lorry with the control module mounted close to and behind the lorry cab with the remaining part of the lorry used to carry the remote craft when in transit from site to site as a unit.
During timber harvesting, the remote crafts' mobile control module would be parked on the forest road adjacent to the area to be harvested and used in a stationary position to control the remote craft at work.
Trees would be selected and felled by the foresters, then lifted remotely by the remote craft using a hydraulically operated timber grab worked as part of the remote craft from the mobile control module. The trees would then be flown to and deposited in a pile at a suitable hard area in the forest such as a lay-by or large turning area on the forest road.
There the trees would be processed with the current processors in a stationary position, thus there would be no damage from heavy wheeled equipment tracking the forests to destruction and damaging sites of the only renewable sources of energy and raw materials left available to man.
The processed timber would then go into respective piles to await transport to pulp mills or sawmills, waste wood and branches, usually left in the forest, would all go through a chipper and be utilised in one form or another.
The remote craft would be powered by a large diesel engine to drive the rotors through a suitable gearbox thus allowing the remote craft to fly and work as required. The engine would also drive the twelve and twenty four volt generators to power the onboard remote requirements such as beacons, lights, cameras, a diesel fuel warmer to prevent fuel from waxing with reduced temperatures caused by the rotors and also drive a modern hydraulic system to produce the required hydraulic power complete with a low pressure servo system to operate controls on the remote craft remotely from the mobile module.
The remote craft is designed as slim and streamlined as possible to reduce turbulence and weather interference and allow flying in more adverse weather conditions. The remote craft will also have a hydraulic timber grab which would be lowered into the working position when needed by a hydraulic winch. The timber grab and winch would, like all the rest of the remote crafts' functions, be remotely operated from the remote crafts' mobile control module.
The mobile module, when mounted on a landrover or tracked muskeg tractor to control the remote craft at work when carrying out pipes, poles, water to fight forest fires, fencing materials or animal feed, could be double manned with a driver in the landrover or muskeg tractor to keep the mobile module within controlling distance of the remote craft and an operator in the mobile control module to operate the remote craft.
Claims (4)
1. A remote craft with mobile control module comprising an unmanned
remotely controlled flying craft controlled from a manned mobile
control module, carrying a payload of eight tonnes and be able to
fly, remotely controlled, to a maximmum distance of eight
kilometers from the manned mobile control module.
2. A remote craft with mobile control module comprising an unmanned
remotely controlled flying craft controlled from a manned mobile
control module which would be mounted on the mobile best suited
to the intended job such as a landrover, a rubber tracked muskeg
tractor or a lorry, the control module would be constructed like
a small office on the required module, large enough to contain the
operator and equipment needed to control the remote craft and be
able to travel to within the eight kilometer control distance
from the working remote craft.
33. A remote craft with mobile control module comprising an unmanned
remotely controlled flying craft controlled from a manned mobile
control module as claimed in claim one, the remote craft would be
powered by a large diesel engine to drive the rotors, the
hydraulics and the necessary ancillary equipment needed to control
the remote craft from the mobile control module.
4. A remote craft with mobile control module comprising an unmanned
remotely controlled flying craft controlled from a manned mobile
control module as claimed in claims one or claim three whereby the
diesel fuel would be heated to a certain temperature to stop the
diesel from waxing in reduced temperatures caused by the rotors
and to allow flying in more adverse weather conditions.
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| GBGB9607264.0A GB9607264D0 (en) | 1996-04-09 | 1996-04-09 | Remote craft with mobile module |
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| GB9620648D0 GB9620648D0 (en) | 1996-11-20 |
| GB2312056A true GB2312056A (en) | 1997-10-15 |
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| GBGB9607264.0A Pending GB9607264D0 (en) | 1996-04-09 | 1996-04-09 | Remote craft with mobile module |
| GB9620648A Withdrawn GB2312056A (en) | 1996-04-09 | 1996-10-03 | Remote flying craft with mobile control |
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| GBGB9607264.0A Pending GB9607264D0 (en) | 1996-04-09 | 1996-04-09 | Remote craft with mobile module |
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Cited By (5)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN104133484A (en) * | 2014-07-10 | 2014-11-05 | 浙江飞神车业有限公司 | Multi-rotor aircraft electronic control device, multi-rotor aircraft aerial shooting electronic control device, and aerial shooting following multi-rotor aircraft |
| GB2533140A (en) * | 2014-12-11 | 2016-06-15 | Caterpillar Inc | Drone |
| US9517838B1 (en) | 2014-10-03 | 2016-12-13 | John V. Howard | Remotely controlled co-axial rotorcraft for heavy-lift aerial-crane operations |
| US10112707B1 (en) | 2014-10-03 | 2018-10-30 | John V. Howard | Remotely controlled co-axial rotorcraft for heavy-lift aerial-crane operations |
| US10775796B2 (en) | 2017-01-10 | 2020-09-15 | Cnh Industrial America Llc | Aerial vehicle systems and methods |
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| GB841045A (en) * | 1956-03-27 | 1960-07-13 | Fairey Co Ltd | Improvements relating to remote-control systems |
| GB2141088A (en) * | 1983-06-08 | 1984-12-12 | Bernard Lindenbaum | Aerial load-lifting system |
| US5015187A (en) * | 1990-02-28 | 1991-05-14 | Byron Hatfield | Helicopter remote control system |
| US5058824A (en) * | 1989-12-21 | 1991-10-22 | United Technologies Corporation | Servo control system for a co-axial rotary winged aircraft |
| US5289994A (en) * | 1989-10-10 | 1994-03-01 | Juan Del Campo Aguilera | Equipment carrying remote controlled aircraft |
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- 1996-04-09 GB GBGB9607264.0A patent/GB9607264D0/en active Pending
- 1996-10-03 GB GB9620648A patent/GB2312056A/en not_active Withdrawn
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| GB841045A (en) * | 1956-03-27 | 1960-07-13 | Fairey Co Ltd | Improvements relating to remote-control systems |
| GB2141088A (en) * | 1983-06-08 | 1984-12-12 | Bernard Lindenbaum | Aerial load-lifting system |
| US5289994A (en) * | 1989-10-10 | 1994-03-01 | Juan Del Campo Aguilera | Equipment carrying remote controlled aircraft |
| US5058824A (en) * | 1989-12-21 | 1991-10-22 | United Technologies Corporation | Servo control system for a co-axial rotary winged aircraft |
| US5015187A (en) * | 1990-02-28 | 1991-05-14 | Byron Hatfield | Helicopter remote control system |
Non-Patent Citations (2)
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| Jane's all the world's aircraft, 1970-1971, pages 451-452. * |
| Jane's pocket book of RPV's:Robot aircraft today, Taylor & Munson, 1977, pages 176, 177. * |
Cited By (5)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN104133484A (en) * | 2014-07-10 | 2014-11-05 | 浙江飞神车业有限公司 | Multi-rotor aircraft electronic control device, multi-rotor aircraft aerial shooting electronic control device, and aerial shooting following multi-rotor aircraft |
| US9517838B1 (en) | 2014-10-03 | 2016-12-13 | John V. Howard | Remotely controlled co-axial rotorcraft for heavy-lift aerial-crane operations |
| US10112707B1 (en) | 2014-10-03 | 2018-10-30 | John V. Howard | Remotely controlled co-axial rotorcraft for heavy-lift aerial-crane operations |
| GB2533140A (en) * | 2014-12-11 | 2016-06-15 | Caterpillar Inc | Drone |
| US10775796B2 (en) | 2017-01-10 | 2020-09-15 | Cnh Industrial America Llc | Aerial vehicle systems and methods |
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| GB9620648D0 (en) | 1996-11-20 |
| GB9607264D0 (en) | 1996-06-12 |
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