Patent ID: 6576880
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: B64C,F42B

Abstract:
A flyer assembly adapted for launching with, transit in, and deployment from an artillery shell having a central void region extending along a ballistic shell axis, comprising:A) a jettisonable shroud extending along a shroud axis and positionable within said central void region with said shroud axis substantially parallel to said shell axis; B) a flyer adapted when in a first state to withstand a launch acceleration force along a flyer axis and adapted when in a second state to effect aerodynamic flight, the flyer in said first state being positionable within said shroud with said flyer axis parallel to said shroud axis and said shell axis, the flyer including: a) a body member disposed about said flyer axis; and b) a wing assembly mounted to the body member; wherein the flyer is adapted for coupling to the shroud so as to maintain a portion of the flyer in tension during an acceleration of the flyer along the flyer axis resulting from the launching of said artillery shell.