Abstract: An unmanned craft having a fuselage, a propeller drive with a propeller being arranged in the tail portion of the fuselage for purposes of cruising, and a rocket assist propulsion system for the takeoff phase is releasably mounted to the fuselage, the improvement includes three spring biased thrust rods being secured to the frame and releasably engaging peripheral points of the craft. The thrust rods are radially pivotal in outer direction. Support points on the wings and the rudder engage front ends of the rods in contourmatching relationship but are disengageable therefrom.

Abstract: The deployment of folded down wings in an aircraft following, for example, rocket assisted launching from the container is carried out through gas pressure springs with strong attenuation in the final phase, the springs being releasably coupled to the wings for being jettisoned upon completion of deployment.