Windbreak Landing Facility for Flight Vehicles in Strong Winds
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current flight vehicles, particularly multicopters, face challenges in safely landing at designated locations during strong winds, leading to reduced operational efficiency and increased fuel consumption due to prolonged waiting times in the air.
Innovation Solution
A landing facility with a first area for landing and a windbreak part of predetermined height covering the perimeter of the first area, along with a second area from which the flight vehicle descends to a predetermined altitude before landing, allowing for stable takeoff and landing even in strong winds.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If flight vehicles suspend flights and landings until winds die down to ensure safe landing, then safety is improved, but operational efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The windbreak part converts the harmful strong wind conditions into a beneficial protected environment for landing. By physically blocking the wind in the first area, the facility allows safe landings during wind conditions that would normally require flight suspension, thus maintaining operational efficiency while ensuring safety
Solution Approach 2:
The windbreak part acts as an intermediary structure between the external wind environment and the landing area. It mediates the interaction by filtering and reducing wind impact in the first area, enabling safe landings without requiring flight vehicles to wait for wind conditions to improve
2Reliability
If flight vehicles wait in the air for wind conditions to improve, then landing safety is ensured, but fuel consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The windbreak facility converts harmful wind conditions into a beneficial protected landing zone, allowing flight vehicles to land immediately without waiting for wind to subside. This eliminates the need for continuous hovering and associated fuel consumption while maintaining safety through the physical wind barrier
3Reliability
If multiple flight vehicles stay in the air waiting to land during strong winds, then safety is maintained, but efficiency and fuel consumption worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The windbreak part creates a beneficial protected environment that can accommodate multiple flight vehicles landing in sequence during strong winds. By converting the harmful wind into a contained environment, the facility enables continuous operations without vehicles needing to wait in the air, thereby maintaining safety while improving delivery efficiency
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The proposed solution enables flight vehicles to land safely and efficiently even in strong winds, improving operational efficiency and reducing fuel consumption by allowing continuous flight and landing operations without suspending services due to wind conditions.
Implementation Method 1
a windbreak part that has a predetermined height and covers at least a portion of the perimeter of the first area
Data Source
AI summary
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.