Aircraft Emergency Descent System and Method

    公开(公告)号:US20240353867A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-24

    申请号:US18635198

    申请日:2024-04-15

    IPC分类号: G05D1/85 B64D31/09

    CPC分类号: G05D1/854 B64D31/09

    摘要: An aircraft emergency descent method includes setting a pre-set maximum collective blade pitch and a pre-set altitude as part of a failure procedure; monitoring rotor assemblies through an aircraft control system and a failure detection module; determining when a rotor assembly has failed; and activating the failure procedure. The failure procedure includes commanding a maximum torque to a motor of each rotor assembly such that the rotational velocity of functioning rotors increases; detecting the increase in rotational velocity; adjusting either motor torque or a collective blade pitch to regulate rotational velocity; monitoring altitude of the aircraft; and upon determining when the aircraft reaches the pre-set altitude, adjusting the collective blade pitch to the pre-set maximum collective blade pitch via the at least one governor such that momentum is conserved, causing a descent rate of the aircraft to decrease as the aircraft approaches a ground surface.

    CONTROL DEVICE, AIRCRAFT, AND CONTROL METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20240329662A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-03

    申请号:US18617819

    申请日:2024-03-27

    发明人: Bon Aizawa

    摘要: When any one of a plurality of first rotors (VTOL rotors) fails, a rotor controller (a VTOL rotor controller) executes thrust increase control for increasing the thrust generated by an adjacent first rotor that is the first rotor adjacent to the failed first rotor, without making the adjacent first rotor cause the thrust variation for vibration suppression control, and executes the vibration suppression control in a manner so that one or more second rotors (VTOL rotors) bear the burden of the thrust variation that has been borne by the adjacent first rotor.

    CONTROL DEVICE FOR VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT

    公开(公告)号:US20240272652A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-15

    申请号:US18630205

    申请日:2024-04-09

    申请人: DENSO CORPORATION

    摘要: A flight control device performs flight control processing for causing a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft to fly. When a drive device abnormal occurs during vertical takeoff, the flight control device performs a takeoff processing in flight control processing. The flight control device performs an abnormal stop processing in the takeoff processing. In the abnormal stop processing, a processing for stopping the driving of the abnormal drive device is performed. The flight control device performs a correction increase processing. In the correction increase processing, the output of at least one normal drive device is increased. In the correction increase processing, for example, the output of an adjacent drive device among a plurality of normal drive devices is increased. The adjacent drive device is a normal drive device adjacent to the abnormal drive device in a circumferential direction of a yaw axis.