Aircraft mission equipment having an integrated air caster handling system

• Main Authors: SAUNDERS ANDREA C, LARSON KIM MARIE, KIRKWOOD BRAD LEE, LEA SCOTT W, COSTELLO JOHN MICHAEL, JOHNSON STEPHEN T
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 13.10.2015
• Subjects: AIRCRAFT; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS; EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLYING SUITS; PARACHUTES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

Aircraft mission equipment (e.g., an electrical equipment cabinet) comprising a base plate equipped on a bottom with a plurality of air casters that provide flotation mobility. When the equipment is being loaded in or unloaded from an aircraft, the actuated air casters provide a plurality of air cus...