AeroVironment, Inc.
SYSTEM FOR DETACHABLY COUPLING AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE WITHIN A LAUNCH TUBE

Abstract:

An unmanned aerial vehicle launch tube that has a tube, a sabot disposed in an interior of said tube, said sabot having a first clasp tab, and a clasp detachably coupled to said first clasp tab and contacting an inner circumferential wall of said tube so that said clasp is rotationally constrained by the inner circumferential wall and said first clasp tab.