US Patent:
20050087652, Apr 28, 2005
Inventors:
Mike Holmboe - San Jose CA, US
International Classification:
B64D017/00
B64D019/00
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.