Inventors:
James Jorgensen - San Diego CA, US
Scott Campbell - San Diego CA, US
International Classification:
B64C 1/14, B64D 47/08, B64C 7/00
Abstract:
A payload door and elevator system for the translation of a payload such as a camera, from a stowed position within an aircraft fuselage to a deployed position projecting through an aperture formed in the wall of the fuselage. The system employs a translation component engaged to vertically translate the payload and operatively positioned inline with the aperture. Payload doors sealing the aperture horizontally translate in opposing directions once vertically translated from sealed engagement with the aperture. The horizontal translation alleviates much of the stress imparted to doors on aircraft which move to vertical positions in or extending from the aperture in the fuselage.