Missile Launch Pallet with Detachable Pylon
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing devices for launching unmanned missiles from aircraft are hindered by the weight of the support structures, which necessitates a reduction in the total load of missiles transported, compromising stability and efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A device featuring a pallet with a container system that includes a pylon for suspended support of missiles and a lower support area on the aircraft floor, utilizing a slideway or roller track for longitudinal movement, coupled with a pilot parachute for ejection, and a delayed ignition mechanism to ensure safe separation and autonomous launch.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If an extendible platform with upper support structure is used to carry missiles, then the missiles can be reliably suspended and launched, but the weight of the support structure becomes very large, reducing the total load capacity
Solution Approach 1:
The support structure is segmented into two parts: a fixed lower support area on the aircraft floor and a detachable upper pylon structure. The pylon can be coupled to and decoupled from the lower support area, allowing the heavy lower support to remain stationary while only the lighter pylon moves with the missile during launch.
Solution Approach 2:
The upper support structure (pylon) is extracted as a separate detachable component from the main aircraft structure. This allows the pylon to be removed after launch, leaving only the fixed lower support area, thereby significantly reducing the weight of movable support structures.
2Quantity of substance
If multiple missiles are transported simultaneously, then the transport capacity is improved, but the stability and total load capacity are reduced due to the weight of support structures
Solution Approach 1:
Each missile is supported by its own detachable pylon that can be independently coupled to the fixed lower support area. This segmentation allows multiple missiles to be carried simultaneously, each with minimal individual support structure weight, rather than requiring a single heavy platform to support all missiles.
3Device complexity
If a pilot parachute is used to draw out the extendible platform, then the launch mechanism is simple, but the large weight of the platform reduces the total load of missiles that can be transported
Solution Approach 1:
The upper pylon structure is extracted as a detachable component that can be coupled to the pilot parachute for ejection. After the missile is launched, the pylon is decoupled from the lower support area and remains attached to the pilot parachute, allowing the heavy lower support area to remain fixed in the aircraft while only the lightweight pylon and missile are ejected.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables simultaneous low-weight launch of multiple missiles with enhanced stability and safety, reducing the weight burden on the aircraft while ensuring reliable and autonomous missile deployment.
Implementation Method 1
The pilot parachute unfolds and draws out the extendible platform towards the rear from the fuselage of the aircraft in flight due to the drag acting on the pilot parachute
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AI summary
A device for launching unmanned missiles from an aircraft with a pallet, on which at least one container is provided to receive a missile. The container has an upper container section that has a pylon for the suspended, detachable support of the missile. The container has a lower container section that is embodied as a support area for the missile.