Quadcopter launches fixed wings and catches them

[Balu]

An article I was just pointed to:

"This giant quadcopter drone launches fixed-wing UAVs, then retrieves them with a skyhook"

http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/insitu-flares-drone-launches-and-recovers-fixed-wing-uavs/

 

[rossmort]

Quite cool. Looks like a really beefy system.

 

[tneun]

That looks pretty cool, but I'd like to see it the other way around: That the plane catches the quadcopter