公开(公告)号：US20190056753A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-21

申请号：US15961439

申请日：2018-04-24

Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.

Inventor： Robert Earl Worsham, II ,  Troy Caudill ,  Luke Dafydd Gillett

IPC: G05D1/06 ,  B64D45/08 ,  G01C21/20 ,  G01C23/00 ,  G08G5/02

Abstract: An embodiment rotorcraft includes a rotor system including a plurality of blades; a control assembly operable to receive commands from a pilot; a flight control system (FCS), the flight control system operable to control flight of the rotorcraft by changing an operating condition of the rotor system; and a flight management system (FMS) in signal communication with the control assembly and the FCS. The FMS is operable to receive a target location and a plurality of approach parameters from the control assembly; generate a plurality waypoints between a current location of the rotorcraft and a missed approach point (MAP) based on the target location and the plurality of approach parameters; receive a command to engage in an approach maneuver from the control assembly; and in response to the command to engage in the approach maneuver, instruct the FCS to fly to the MAP.

公开(公告)号：US20190161203A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-30

申请号：US15978646

申请日：2018-05-14

Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.

Inventor： Robert Earl Worsham, II ,  Morganne Cody Klein ,  Christopher M. Bothwell ,  Luke Dafydd Gillett ,  Jillian Samantha Alfred ,  Sung Kyun Kim ,  Stephanie Baynham ,  Troy Caudill

IPC: B64D45/00 ,  B64C13/50 ,  B64C13/04 ,  B64D43/00

Abstract: In an embodiment, a method of indicating flight modes of a rotorcraft includes: detecting a change in flight mode of the rotorcraft from a previous flight mode to an active flight mode, the active flight mode and the previous flight mode each being from one of a first subset or a second subset of a plurality of flight modes; determining whether the active flight mode and the previous flight mode are from different subsets of the plurality of flight modes; and updating one or more flight mode indicators on an instrument panel of the rotorcraft in response to the active flight mode and the previous flight mode being from different subsets of the plurality of flight modes.