Rotorcraft-assisted system and method for launching and retrieving a fixed-wing aircraft into and from free flight

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10696420
APP PUB NO 20180327113A1
SERIAL NO

15679801

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Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a rotorcraft-assisted system and method for launching and retrieving a fixed-wing aircraft into and from free flight. The launch and retrieval system includes a modular multicopter, a storage and launch system, an anchor system, a flexible capture member, and an aircraft-landing structure. The multicopter is attachable to the fixed-wing aircraft to facilitate launching the fixed-wing aircraft into free, wing-borne flight. The storage and launch system is usable to store the multicopter (when disassembled) and to act as a launch mount for the fixed-wing aircraft by retaining the fixed-wing aircraft in a desired launch orientation. The anchor system is usable with the multicopter, the flexible capture member, and the aircraft-landing structure to retrieve the fixed-wing aircraft from free, wing-borne flight.

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HOOD TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION1750 COUNTRY CLUB ROAD HOOD RIVER OR 97031

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Massong, Jessie Hood River, US 3 23
Reiss, Daniel Pepin Hood River, US 19 136
Roeseler, Corydon C Hood River, US 49 748
von, Flotow Andreas H Hood River, US 89 2973

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