Piloting assistance method for an aircraft, making it possible to ensure the availability of an automatic pilot
US11556138B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 4, 2018 |
| Grant date | Jan 17, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 17, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05D1/0607
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A piloting assistance system for an aircraft includes a measuring module for measuring a vertical manoeuvre of the aircraft, a computational module for computing a first load factor from the measured vertical manoeuvre and from a setpoint vertical manoeuvre, a measuring module for measuring an inclination angle, a pitch rate and a pitch acceleration, a protection module including a computational submodule configured to compute a second load factor and a comparison submodule in order to compare the first and the second load factor in order to determine an applicable load factor equal to the minimum between the first and the second load factor, a computational module configured to compute elevator control from the applicable load factor and a sending module configured to send the elevator control to the automatic pilot.
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