JPH02286461A - Flight path guiding mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make the flight of an aerial floating vehicle safely guidable by installing an orbital means along a flight path of the aerial floating vehicle, and connecting a slide body installed in this orbital means to the aerial floating vehicle through a connecting means. CONSTITUTION:Two posts 11 are erected on the ground at a specified interval, and an orbital means 12 including a cable, a wire or the like is stretched across between these posts 11. A ringlike slide body 14 is installed in this orbital means 12 free of slide motion. Then, this slide body 14 is connected to an aerial floating vehicle 20 of a baloon cycle or the like by a connecting means 13 such as a rope, a wire or the like. As for the aerial floating vehicle 20, such one as equipped with a horizontal rotor rotating with man power or motive power and generating lift or thrust in the vertical direction, a balloon filled with a floatable gas, an attitude control rotor of rotational control, a vertical rotor generating a thrust in the horizontal direction, and an opened parachute is adopted.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention This invention relates to a flight path guidance mechanism for guiding the flight path of an airborne vehicle.

Prior Art and Problems Examples of levitation vehicles include helicopters, hot air balloons, and balloon cycles. Helicopters can fly freely in space, so there is no need to limit their flight range. Hot air balloons are greatly affected by the wind and cannot freely change their direction of travel, so restricting the flight space may make it difficult to fly. Thus, no flight range limiting means is necessary for the helicopter-1 hot air balloon.

On the other hand, the balloon cycle disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Application No. 59-78074 is a floating vehicle that can fly freely and safely using the buoyancy of the balloon and the driving force of human power or power. The disadvantage of this balloon cycle is that if the wind exceeds the driving force, the balloon will be blown downwind. Therefore, a means to limit the flight range of the balloon cycle is desired, but so far none has appeared.

OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a flight path guide mechanism for guiding the flight path of a floating vehicle, such as a balloon cycle, which can fly freely by using the buoyancy of a balloon and the driving force of human power or power.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention features a flight route guidance mechanism according to claim 1.

Means for Solving the Problems The flight route guidance mechanism of the present invention is a mechanism for guiding an airborne vehicle, and includes a track means provided along the flight path of the airborne vehicle, and a track means provided slidably on the track means. The present invention is characterized by comprising a sliding body and a connecting means for connecting the sliding body and the floating vehicle.

Effects According to the flight route guidance mechanism of the present invention, the flight route of a floating vehicle can be guided.

Further, the flight route guide mechanism of the present invention can be installed at any location.

Example Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a flight path guidance mechanism 10 according to the present invention. Two pillars 11 are provided on the ground. Each pillar 1
1, the end of the track means 12 is fixed. The track means 1.2 are mounted in the air by means of struts 1]. In this case, as the track means, for example, cables, wires, etc. are used.

A slide body 14 is slidably provided on the track means 12. The slide body 14 has an annular shape.

The slide body 14 and a floating vehicle 20 such as a balloon cycle are connected by a connecting means 13. A rope, wire, etc. is used as the connecting means.

The airborne vehicle 20 includes a horizontal rotary wing that is driven and rotated by human power or power to generate lift or thrust in the vertical direction, a balloon filled with a buoyant gas, an attitude control rotor that suppresses rotation, and a horizontal rotary wing that generates lift or thrust in the vertical direction. It can be equipped with vertical rotary wings that generate thrust and an open parachute.

The vehicle 20 may be provided with a drum, and the coupling means 13 may be wound around the drum.

Then, when the vehicle 20 increases in altitude, the drum is rotated and the connecting means 13 is extended. It is advantageous to make the connecting means 13 of a roll-up type in this way because even if the connecting means 13 is configured to be long, it does not get in the way.

The flight path guidance mechanism 10 allows the airborne vehicle 20 to fly along an orbital means. Moreover, within the range of the length of the connecting means 13, it can fly freely near the orbit means.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 2.3.

The flight path guide mechanism 19 is of a type in which a track means 22 is installed on the ground. As shown in FIG. 2, a rail-shaped track means 22 is provided on the sleeper 21. Orbit means 2
1 is installed along the flight path of the airborne vehicle 20.

The track means 21 is provided with a groove 25 in the longitudinal direction. The cross-sectional shape of the track means 21 is concave, and the groove 25 has an interior larger than its entrance.

A slide body 24 (see FIG. 3) is installed in the groove 25 of the track means 21. The slide body 24 is slidable in the groove 25.

The slide body 24 has a shape that combines two cylinders with different diameters. The shape of the slide body 24 matches the shape of the groove 25. Therefore, the slide body can freely slide within the groove 25, but will not come out upwards.

The slide body 24 and the floating vehicle 20 are connected by a connecting means 23. If the connecting means 23 is made longer, the vehicle 20
flight range becomes larger.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. for example,
The orbit means 21 may be closed end to end to form an endless orbit.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the flight route guidance mechanism according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the flight route guidance mechanism,
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view showing the track means of FIG. 2. 10.19...Flight path guide mechanism 12.22...Trajectory means 13.23...Connection means 14.24...Slide body

Claims (1)

[Claims] A mechanism for guiding an airborne vehicle, comprising: a track means provided along a flight path of the airborne vehicle, a slide body slidably provided on the track means, and a connecting means for connecting the slide body and the airborne vehicle. A flight route guidance mechanism characterized by comprising: