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- Patent Title: Aircraft having a fault tolerant distributed propulsion system
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Application No.: US15200273Application Date: 2016-07-01
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Publication No.: US10232950B2Publication Date: 2019-03-19
- Inventor: John Richard McCullough , Paul K. Oldroyd
- Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
- Current Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Agency: Lawrence Youst PLLC
- Main IPC: B64D31/10
- IPC: B64D31/10 ; B64C29/02 ; B64D1/22 ; B64D25/12 ; B64D17/02

Abstract:
In some embodiment, an aircraft includes a flying frame having an airframe, a distributed propulsion system attached to the airframe, the distributed propulsion system including a plurality of propulsion assemblies and a flight control system operably associated with the distributed propulsion system. The flying frame has a vertical takeoff and landing mode and a forward flight mode. The flight control system is operable to independently control the propulsion assemblies. The flight control system is also operable to detect faults in individual propulsion assemblies and to perform corrective action responsive to detected faults at a distributed propulsion system level.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180002027A1 Aircraft having a Fault Tolerant Distributed Propulsion System Public/Granted day:2018-01-04
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