Flight control laws for vertical flight path
US9304516B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 14, 2011 |
| Grant date | Apr 5, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 6, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05D1/102
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A flight control system and method for controlling the vertical flight path of an aircraft, the flight control system includes a stable decoupled model having a decoupled lateral equation of motion and a decoupled longitudinal equation of motion and a feedback command loop operably associated with the stable decoupled model. The feedback command loop includes a vertical flight path angle control law; an altitude control law; and a vertical speed control law.
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