Landing facility, landing method
AssigneeAeronext Inc.
InventorYoichi Suzuki
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Abstract
A landing facility that enables flight vehicles to land safely even in strong winds. The landing system of the invention includes a first area for landing a flight vehicle, a windbreak part having a predetermined height and cover part at least a portion of the perimeter of the first area, and a second area located away from the windbreak part, where the flight vehicle descends to a predetermined flight altitude. The flight altitude is lower than the predetermined height of the windbreak part. The second area is an area selected from a plurality of permitted areas where vertical descent is permitted. A portion of the windbreak part comprises a net.
Claims4
A landing facility, comprising:
- a first area for landing a flight vehicle;
- a windbreak part arranged to surround at least a portion of a perimeter of the first area and having a predetermined height;
- and
- a second area located apart from the windbreak part and allowing the flight vehicle to descend in a vertical direction to a predetermined flight altitude,
- wherein
- the flight altitude is lower than the predetermined height of the windbreak part,
- the second area is one of a plurality of predefined permitted areas where vertical descent is permitted, and
- the second area comprises a descent instruction unit configured to instruct the flight vehicle to descend to the predetermined flight altitude.
A method of landing using a landing facility, comprising:
- providing a first area for landing a flight vehicle;
- providing a windbreak part arranged to surround at least a portion of a perimeter of the first area and having a predetermined height;
- providing a second area located apart from the windbreak part and allowing the flight vehicle to descend to a predetermined flight altitude, the second area being one of a plurality of predefined permitted areas where vertical descent is permitted,
- wherein the flight altitude is lower than the predetermined height of the windbreak part, and
- wherein the method comprises:
- descending the flight vehicle to the predetermined flight altitude in the second area;
- and then
- landing the flight vehicle in the first area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.