Patent ID: 8028953

Claim:
An accelerating device that accelerates an aircraft so as to cause the aircraft to take off, the accelerating device comprising: a support base that supports the aircraft so as not to let the aircraft go backward, levitate or pitch during acceleration; a guide way provided along a predetermined path; guide means that guides the support base along the guide way; drive means that drives the support base along the guide way; a front strut stopper restraining a front wheel of the aircraft from a rearward side and restraining the front wheel from an upper side; main strut stoppers restraining main wheels of the aircraft from a rearward side and restraining the wheels from an upper side; and main strut front stoppers provided in front of the main strut stoppers and restraining the main wheels from a forward side, wherein the front strut stopper, the main strut stoppers, and the main strut front stoppers are disposed so as to be retractable into the support base.