Earthbound landing gear for aircraft take=off and landing - has carriage on rails with hydraulic capture-release elements, speed matching controllers

摘要

The earthbound landing gear arrangement has a carriage (2) which bears the aircraft (1) during take-off and landing and whose speed is matched to that of the aircraft via an inductive electrical linear drive. The carriage is guided on a rail (4) forming a take-off and landing strip and carries hydraulic capture (3) devices with latching elements which can be coupled with and released from the aircraft during the landing and launch phases. The aircraft and carriage contain controllers for speed matching, buffers in the capture devices and the latching elements during each phase. USE/ADVANTAGE - Esp. for launching and landing large aircraft. Enables maximum safety to be achieved with very small landing strip area.