Patent ID: 6811114
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: B64D,B64G,F41F

Abstract:
An apparatus for launching heavy large payloads from an aircraft, comprising a launching container with an open end, a pneumatic expulsion device for expelling a payload from the container through the open end, and a pressurization source, the payload to be launched is located inside the launching container on mounting members that are disposed on at least two belts of the payload to be launched; wherein at least one of the mounting members being a calibrated leg, and maximum force adjustment values and admissible lateral displacements of the legs being selected so that to maintain a guaranteed clearance between the launching container and the payload when it is launched from the container; wherein the mounting members are secured on the payload to be launched, and the calibrated legs are the most distant mounting members from the open end of the launching container.