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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 1984
Filed:
Aug. 23, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke MBB, Bremen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C / ; F41F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
244 63 ; 244 49 ; 244-327 ; 244 58 ; 89-1816 ; 89-1818 ;
Abstract
An unmanned aircraft vehicle to be launched from a container is provided with a rocket engine for launching and a propeller drive for cruising; the wings can be folded to the body of the vehicle and will be deployed as the vehicle leaves the launching container. The propeller is freely rotatable, even if the vehicle is still in the launching container. The rocket engine is releasably connected to at least one point on the propeller drive and in symmetrical relation to maintain the propeller drive coaxial to the propeller shaft, and to react rocket thrust directly into the propeller drive.