METHOD OF LANDING AIRCRAFT OF SHIP'S DECK Russian patent published in 2001 - IPC

FIELD: methods of landing aircraft of standard aerodynamic configuration. SUBSTANCE: proposed method consists in forming glide path, determination of ship's pitching and rolling, compensation of disturbing action for angle of inclination of glide path caused by pitching and rolling. At the moment aircraft flies above aft break of flight deck, required distance is ensured between flight deck in area of aft break and landing trajectory preset by shipboard system which is equal to rated distance corresponding to conditions when ship's motions are absent. Glide path plane is shifted in parallel to itself till passage of line of intersection of glide path plane with deck plane through rated point of landing aircraft on deck. Beginning with the moment of aircraft descent, degree of compensation for disturbing actions is reduced continuously or discretely by angle of inclination of landing glide path according to law of monotonic function to zero at the moment of touch- down. EFFECT: enhanced safety of landing in case of ship's motions; possibility of using average displacement aircraft carriers. 3 cl, 2 dwg