Multimodal aircraft recovery system
AssigneeKitty Hawk Corporation
InventorsCameron Robertson, Joseph Roop, Todd Reichert, Damon Vander Lind
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Abstract
A multi-modal aircraft recovery system is disclosed. In various embodiments, the system includes a first aircraft recovery parachute having a first set of physical attributes optimized for a first set of conditions and a second aircraft recovery parachute having a second set of physical attributes optimized for a second set of conditions different from the first.
Claims19
A multimodal recovery system comprising:
- a first aircraft recovery parachute having a first set of physical attributes optimized for a first set of conditions;
- and
- a second aircraft recovery parachute having a second set of physical attributes optimized for a second set of conditions;
- wherein the first set of physical attributes and the second set of physical attributes are different.
A method, comprising:
- deploying a first aircraft recovery parachute having a first set of physical attributes optimized for a first set of conditions;
- and
- deploying a second aircraft recovery parachute having a second set of physical attributes optimized for a second set of conditions;
- wherein the first set of physical attributes and the second set of physical attributes are different.
A computer program product, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:
- deploying a first aircraft recovery parachute having a first set of physical attributes optimized for a first set of conditions;
- and
- deploying a second aircraft recovery parachute having a second set of physical attributes optimized for a second set of conditions;
- wherein the first set of physical attributes and the second set of physical attributes are different.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.