GB958548A - Means for retarding the rate of fall of a crash-landing aircraft - Google Patents

Means for retarding the rate of fall of a crash-landing aircraft

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GB958548A
GB958548A GB3592/62A GB359262A GB958548A GB 958548 A GB958548 A GB 958548A GB 3592/62 A GB3592/62 A GB 3592/62A GB 359262 A GB359262 A GB 359262A GB 958548 A GB958548 A GB 958548A
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aircraft
motor
fuselage
retarding
crash
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GB3592/62A
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GODFREY ALAN MERRICKS
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GODFREY ALAN MERRICKS
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64D—EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
    • B64D43/00—Arrangements or adaptations of instruments
    • B64D43/02—Arrangements or adaptations of instruments for indicating aircraft speed or stalling conditions
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
    • B64C29/00—Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically, e.g. vertical take-off and landing [VTOL] aircraft
    • B64C29/0008—Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically, e.g. vertical take-off and landing [VTOL] aircraft having its flight directional axis horizontal when grounded
    • B64C29/0083—Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically, e.g. vertical take-off and landing [VTOL] aircraft having its flight directional axis horizontal when grounded the lift during taking-off being created by several motors of different type

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Aviation & Aerospace Engineering (AREA)
  • Emergency Lowering Means (AREA)

Abstract

958,548. Direct lift aircraft. G. A. MERRICKS. April 24, 1963 [Jan. 31, 1962], No. 3592/62. Headings B7G and B7W. An aircraft has an auxiliary power plant to be operated during crash landing, and means responsive to the altitude of the aircraft controls the direction of thrust of the plant so as to maintain the aircraft substantially level. In the Figure, a rocket motor 10 is mounted in the fuselage by a gimbal 13 below the centre of gravity 12, so as to be tiltable fore-and-aft or laterally by hydraulic devices controlled by valve mechanism 21 responsive to a gyro device 22, so that in an emergency the motor 9 can be started to provide lift, and attitude correction torques. The motor may be a ducted fan or a gas turbine engine. The discharge aperture in the fuselage may be normally closed by a door which is opened or blown away on starting the engine.
GB3592/62A 1962-01-31 1962-01-31 Means for retarding the rate of fall of a crash-landing aircraft Expired GB958548A (en)

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Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2205538A (en) * 1984-06-21 1988-12-14 Sebree Jerome Allen Aircraft emergency landing system
WO2010134101A1 (en) * 2009-05-19 2010-11-25 Vitolazzo, Giuseppe Aircraft anti-crash system
GB2567706A (en) * 2017-10-20 2019-04-24 Active Vtol Crash Prevention Ltd Emergency landing of aircraft

Cited By (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2205538A (en) * 1984-06-21 1988-12-14 Sebree Jerome Allen Aircraft emergency landing system
GB2205538B (en) * 1984-06-21 1991-05-01 Sebree Jerome Allen Aircraft emergency landing system
WO2010134101A1 (en) * 2009-05-19 2010-11-25 Vitolazzo, Giuseppe Aircraft anti-crash system
GB2567706A (en) * 2017-10-20 2019-04-24 Active Vtol Crash Prevention Ltd Emergency landing of aircraft
WO2019077365A1 (en) * 2017-10-20 2019-04-25 Active Vtol Crash Prevention Limited Emergency landing of aircraft
GB2567706B (en) * 2017-10-20 2022-03-02 Active Vtol Crash Prevention Ltd Emergency landing of aircraft
US11279494B2 (en) 2017-10-20 2022-03-22 Active Vtol Crash Prevention Limited Emergency landing apparatus deployment for emergency landing of aircraft

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