Patent ID: 11919659
Assignee: DAE
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 10:
11. A method of transporting and dropping a load, comprising:
launching a drone carrying the load, then;
flying the drone to a drop zone, followed by;
dropping the load from the drone in flight, then;
a flight of the drone to a recovery zone, wherein for the launch, a launch vehicle carrying the drone rolls on a launch track so as to exceed a given speed threshold with respect to a surrounding air mass and the drone is guided by a launch ramp fitted to the motorized launch vehicle from a starting position in a direction of launch towards the front of the motorized launch vehicle, the drone is propelled, during the launch and at least part of the flight towards the drop zone and/or the flight to the recovery zone at least partially by one or more engines of the drone;
the drone, having reached the recovery zone, deploys a recovery parachute; and lands on the recovery area without a landing gear, wherein the drone comprises a fuselage and a wing, the wing having a wingspan that fulfills at least one of the following conditions:
the wingspan is greater than a lane width of the motorized launch vehicle, or
the wingspan is greater than two meters.