Emergency parachute system for helicopters
OwnerMike Holmboeinventor
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Abstract
An emergency parachute system for helicopters includes a main parachute tube attached to a helicopter tail boom distal of a helicopter main rotor and tail rotor, the main parachute tube housing a main parachute, a rocket tube housing a rocket, the rocket tube disposed on the main parachute tube, the rocket attached to the main parachute, a pilot parachute tube housing a pilot parachute, the pilot parachute tube disposed on the main parachute tube, the pilot parachute attached to the tail boom, and control means for deploying the pilot parachute and the rocket.
Claims16
An emergency parachute system for helicopters comprising:
- a main parachute tube attached to a helicopter tail boom distal of a helicopter main rotor and tail rotor, the main parachute tube housing a main parachute;
- a rocket tube housing a rocket, the rocket tube disposed on the main parachute tube, the rocket attached to the main parachute;
- a pilot parachute tube housing a pilot parachute, the pilot parachute tube disposed on the main parachute tube, the pilot parachute attached to the tail boom;
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- control means for deploying the pilot parachute and the rocket.
A safety apparatus for use with a helicopter having a frame, a tail boom, a main rotor, a vertical stabilizer, and a tail rotor, the apparatus comprising:
- a main parachute tube attached to the helicopter tail boom distal of the helicopter main rotor and tail rotor, the main parachute tube housing a main parachute;
- a rocket tube housing a rocket, the rocket tube disposed on the main parachute tube distal of the vertical stabilizer and tail rotor, the rocket attached to the main parachute;
- a pilot parachute tube housing a pilot parachute, the pilot parachute tube disposed on the main parachute tube distal of the vertical stabilizer and tail rotor, the pilot parachute attached to the frame;
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- a control cable for deploying the pilot parachute, a control cable for releasing the pilot parachute, and a control cable for deploying the rocket.
A method of providing safety to a helicopter having a frame, a tail boom, a main rotor, a vertical stabilizer, and a tail rotor, the method comprising the steps of:
- deploying a pilot parachute attached to the helicopter frame, the pilot parachute being attached distally of the helicopter main rotor, vertical stabilizer and tail rotor;
- releasing the pilot parachute when the helicopter tail boom is pointed upward relative to a falling direction;
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- deploying a rocket attached to a main parachute, the main parachute being attached to the helicopter frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.