公开(公告)号：US20200001979A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-02

申请号：US16401332

申请日：2019-05-02

Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.

Inventor： Kyle Thomas CRAVENER ,  Brady Garrett ATKINS ,  Stuart Benjamin COOK ,  Joaquin VARGAS CALVET ,  Andrew Michael WHITE ,  Karl BAILEY ,  Corrine JAGNEAUX ,  Maika Lopati MAUGA

IPC: B64C13/16 ,  B64C27/00 ,  B64C27/52 ,  B64C19/02 ,  B06B1/06 ,  B64C11/30 ,  B64C11/06

Abstract: The aircraft includes a rotor. The rotor includes a plurality of rotor blades. The aircraft further includes a non-rotating aircraft component. A proximity sensor is disposed with at least one of the non-rotating aircraft component and the rotor blades. A flight control computer is electrically coupled to the proximity sensor.