Release Mechanism
The customer required a super lightweight release solution for UAV recovery. Traditional metal three-ring systems posed two critical issues:
Damage risk – in the event of rebound, hard metal hardware could strike and damage the UAV’s carbon fiber body.
Unwanted release – previous experiences with automatically engaging/releasing systems caused premature separation before touchdown, resulting in damage and mission failure.
The challenge was to design a fully textile release mechanism that avoided these risks while remaining reliable, serviceable, and simple to integrate.