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Method for determining the speed of a rotocraft relative to the surrounding air

US10054606B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

THALES · FR

Inventors

Philippe Rondeau · Portes-lès-Valence, FR
Jean-Pierre Schlotterbeck · Bourg-de-Péage, FR
Xavier Lacondemine · Valence, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 20, 2013
Grant date	Aug 21, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 12, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02A90/10
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for determining the speed vector ({right arrow over (Vd)}), with respect to the surrounding air, of a rotary wing aircraft (HL) equipped with a beam scanning Doppler laser anemometry device for measuring (Step1) a set of projections (Vm) of said speed vector ({right arrow over (Vd)}) in at least four non-coplanar directions, comprising the following steps:

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