Fire bomber delivery

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11591105
APP PUB NO 20210053695A1
SERIAL NO

17092946

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A system delivering fire retardant materials in fighting a surface fire is provided, having an aircraft carrying the fire-retardant material, a hose deployable from the aircraft, the delivery hose connected to the reservoir and having a controllable nozzle at a deployed end with a remotely operable valve, an end effector connected by a multi-axis gimbal at the deployed end of the delivery hose the end effector having fixed wings with ailerons and elevators, and a rudder, the ailerons, elevators and rudder moved by electrical actuators, and control apparatus and circuitry in the aircraft and the end effector enabling an operator in manipulating the ailerons, elevators and the rudder. An operative in the aircraft controls the end effector via the control apparatus to fly at a lower altitude and in a different path than the aircraft, and opens the remotely operable valve to deliver the fire-retardant material from the delivery hose.

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MODERN TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS INCALEXANDRIA VA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bosma, Marinus Bernard Tipp City, US 27 78

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