Method for detecting a blockage of at least one wind vane of an aircraft and associated system

    公开(公告)号:US11661210B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-30

    申请号:US16583445

    申请日:2019-09-26

    CPC classification number: B64F5/60 B64C19/00 G01C9/005

    Abstract: A method is for detecting a blockage of a wind vane (12) of an aircraft, with the wind vane (12) including a support (20), a paddle (22) mounted rotating relative to the support (20) along an axis (A), a motor (28) able to exert a rotational torque on the paddle (22) along the axis (A), the motor (28) being connected to a processing unit (18). The method includes applying a predetermined blockage detection torque on the paddle (22) by the motor (28); measuring at least one piece of information representative of a resistance of the paddle (22) to the predetermined detection torque; and generating, via the processing unit (18), a blocking information signal, if a predetermined condition based on the representative information is verified.

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