Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rotorcraft fly-by-wire control laws
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Application No.: US15688164Application Date: 2017-08-28
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Publication No.: US10336438B2Publication Date: 2019-07-02
- Inventor: Sung K. Kim , Christopher M. Bothwell , Robert Lee Fortenbaugh
- Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Forth Worth
- Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
- Current Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Forth Worth
- Agency: Slater Matsil, LLP
- Main IPC: B64C13/50
- IPC: B64C13/50 ; B64C13/04 ; B64C13/12 ; B64D43/00

Abstract:
A flight control system includes a pilot control module configured to receive commands from a pilot, a flight control module operable to transmit an instruction to change at least one operating condition of an aircraft, and a flight control computer in communication between the flight control module and the pilot control module. The flight control computer is configured to receive a pilot command to change a first flight characteristic, wherein changing the first flight characteristic would result in an expected change to a second flight characteristic. The flight control computer may instruct the flight control module to transmit an instruction to change a first operating condition of the aircraft and instruct the flight control module to transmit an instruction to change a second operating condition of the aircraft to at least partially offset the expected change to the second flight characteristic.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180001995A1 Rotorcraft Fly-By-Wire Control Laws Public/Granted day:2018-01-04
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