RU94028541A - Device for remote control of gliding-type parachute - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: aeronautical engineering. SUBSTANCE: device has radio transmitter located on ground at operator and two-channel radio receiver provided with power supply unit which is arranged in case of descent vehicle and is electrically connected with miniature actuators secured directly on parachute. Each actuator has electric motor with reduction gear and two rubber-covered rollers with half-round grooves. Wound around each roller is one turn of control line whose free end is brought out of case overhanging under action of end weight. Such construction makes it possible to exclude bulky part of outfit - drum on which control line is wound thus abruptly reducing mass and overall dimensions of device. Arrangement of actuators directly on load-bearing straps of parachute suspension enhances dynamics of its deployment, since additional link is excluded in cargo-parachute connection. Proposed device may be used on present-day parachutes with no significant changes in construction of cargo and parachute. EFFECT: considerable reduction of mass and overall dimensions. 2 dwg

Claims (1)

A device for remote control gliding parachute relates to the field of aviation technology. The device contains a radio transmitter located on the operator’s ground, and a two-channel radio receiver with a power supply is located in the housing of the descent vehicle and is electrically connected to two miniature actuators mounted directly on the parachute. Each of the actuators contains an electric motor with a gearbox and two rubberized rollers with semicircular grooves. Around the rollers, a control line has been made around the loop, the free end of which is withdrawn from the housing and hangs under the tension of the end weight. This design of the device made it possible to exclude the use of the most cumbersome part of the existing devices - a drum, on which a control line is wound, which means to sharply reduce its weight and dimensions. The placement of actuators directly on the suspension harness of the parachute allowed to improve the dynamics of its release, because excludes an additional link in the bundle of cargo-parachute. In addition, the proposed device can be used on existing parachute systems without significant changes in the design of the cargo and parachute.