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Patent No.:

US 11204612 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2021

Filed:

Jan. 17, 2018

Rotorcraft-assisted system and method for launching and retrieving a fixed-wing aircraft

Applicant:

Hood Technology Corporation, Hood River, OR (US);

Inventors:

Andreas H. von Flotow, Hood River, OR (US);

Corydon C. Roeseler, Hood River, OR (US);

Caleb Andrew Woodruff, White Salmon, WA (US);

Daniel Pepin Reiss, Hood River, OR (US);

Assignee:

Hood Technology Corporation, Hood River, OR (US);

Attorney:

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

Primary Examiner:

Geepy Pe

Assistant Examiner:

Daniel Tyler Reich

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/08 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01); G05D 1/06 (2006.01); B64F 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0858 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64F 1/029 (2020.01); G05D 1/0661 (2013.01); G05D 1/104 (2013.01); B64C 2201/021 (2013.01); B64C 2201/027 (2013.01); B64C 2201/082 (2013.01); B64C 2201/104 (2013.01); B64C 2201/108 (2013.01); B64C 2201/146 (2013.01); B64C 2201/182 (2013.01);
Abstract

A rotorcraft-assisted launch and retrieval system, and a method for controlling an airborne rotorcraft which includes controlling by a controller a first feedback loop about a longitudinal roll axis of the airborne rotorcraft and controlling by the controller a second feedback loop about a horizontal pitch axis of the airborne rotorcraft, without controlling a vertical yaw axis of the airborne rotorcraft.

Find Patent Forward Citations

von Flotow, Andreas. (2021). Rotorcraft-assisted system and method for launching and retrieving a fixed-wing aircraft (U.S. Patent No. 11204612). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11204612

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