DEVICE FOR PICKING UP AND DROPPING LOADS BY HELICOPTERS WITHOUT HELP OF GROUND PERSONNEL

摘要

A device for picking up and dropping loads by helicopter without help of ground personnel has a member connected to a load; a magnetic member adapted to attract the member connected to the load; a channel associated with the magnetic member so that the member connected to the load and attracted to the magnetic member slides through the channel to a predetermined portion of the channel; a gate in the portion and including a first gate forming element and a second gate forming element spaced from one another and alternatingly activatable by a pilot so that, by activating the first gate forming element the member connected to the load is introduced into said gate, wherein when the second gate element is activated the gate is opened and the member connected to the load leaves the channel so as to drop off the load.