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7510142 |
Aerial robot
An aerial robot is disclosed. The aerial robot may include at least one pair of counter-rotating blades or propellers, which may be contained within a circumferential shroud or a duct. In one...
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7510141 |
Autonomous control method for small unmanned helicopter
An autonomous control method autonomously controls a small unmanned helicopter toward target values, such as a set position and velocity, by deriving model formulas well suited for the autonomous...
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7475851 |
Method and apparatus for preventing an unauthorized flight of an aircraft
A fly-by-wire (FBW) system ( 104 ) is coupled to cockpit controls ( 102 ) of an aircraft for controlling the aircraft, and an automatic flight control system (AFCS) ( 108 ) is coupled to the FBW...
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7463957 |
Method for operating an aircraft
A method for operating an aircraft includes the steps of receiving guidance instructions and guidance parameters at a navigation computer, and transmitting automatic pilot instructions from the...
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7430460 |
Method for determining roll rate gyro bias in an attitude heading reference system
A method and computer program product for determining the roll rate gyro bias of an attitude and heading reference system from true air speed, heading rate and body accelerations using centripetal...
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7422176 |
Method for ensuring the safety of an aircraft flying horizontally at low speed
A method for ensuring the safety of an aircraft flying horizontally at low speed includes determining a lower speed threshold for the aircraft, measuring the actual speed of the aircraft and...
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7418343 |
Relative navigation for precision rendezvous and station keeping using datalink signals
A follower aircraft is guided to a lead aircraft using a datalink that determines range between the two. The lead aircraft has an antenna array and processing system for determining...
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7367526 |
Device and system for assistance within interception by an aircraft of a flight path segment
Device assisting with interception by an aircraft of a flight path segment located in a horizontal plane and a system of assistance with interception and follow-up of such a segment. The device...
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7364116 |
Automatic control systems for aircraft auxiliary power units, and associated methods
Systems and methods for operating aircraft power systems are disclosed. A power system in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes an aircraft auxiliary power unit and a controller...
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7350748 |
Modular construction of an aircraft control system
Apparatus is disclosed for disabling on-board pilot operation of an aircraft and transferring aircraft operation to an alternate source of control. The aircraft has an aircraft control system for...
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7343232 |
Vehicle control system including related methods and components
Embodiments are disclosed for a vehicle control system and related sub-components that together provide an operator with a plurality of specific modes of operation, wherein various modes of...
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H002206 |
Tactile side-slip corrective yaw control for aircraft
Side-slip of an aircraft during flight is detected through a pair of pressure sensors fixedly mounted on opposite lateral sides of the aircraft fuselage. Pressure measurement signals at said...
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7237747 |
Device for assisting an airplane in intercepting a segment of a flight path utilizing positional and ground speed indicators
Device assisting with interception by an aircraft of a flight path segment located in a horizontal plane and a system of assistance with interception and follow-up of such a segment. The device...
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7195200 |
Unmanned helicopter, takeoff method of unmanned helicopter, and landing method of unmanned helicopter
An unmanned helicopter includes an altitude control device for giving a command of a collective pitch blade angle based on an altitude change rate command, etc., and performing altitude control of...
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7183946 |
Safety aircraft flight system
The present invention is a computer system designed to use the conventional devices and special programming of the present invention that will ensure the safe operation of aircraft. The present...
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7010398 |
Control system providing perspective flight guidance
A flight guidance system providing perspective flight guidance symbology using positioning and terrain information provides increased pilot situational awareness of the pilot's aircraft. The...
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6986483 |
Inertial reference system for an aircraft
An inertial reference system for an aircraft includes two accelerometers and a gyrometer. One accelerometer is located at a front portion of the aircraft, the other is located at a rear portion of...
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6976656 |
Method for controlling the flight of an aircraft
A method for controlling an aircraft includes the steps of receiving acceleration data related to an acceleration of a front portion of the aircraft, and receiving pitch, roll, and/or yaw rate data...
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6935596 |
Process and system for piloting an aircraft
The piloting system ( 1 ) for generating orders for piloting the aircraft according to at least one piloting axis, for example the pitch axis, the roll axis, the yaw axis or the engine thrust...
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6926233 |
Automatic formation flight control system (AFFCS)—a system for automatic formation flight control of vehicles not limited to aircraft, helicopters, or space platforms
A totally integrated system for automatic formation flight control of multiple vehicles not limited to aircraft, helicopters, or space platforms. For instance, the system may be used to control any...
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6908061 |
Airship system
An airship system according to the invention has an airship ( 110 ), a base station ( 120 ), and at least three measurement points. The airship ( 110 ) emits ultrasonic waves upon receiving an...
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6898491 |
Process and device for automatically controlling the thrust of at least one engine of an aircraft during a phase of horizontal flight at stabilized speed
Automatic control of the thrust of an aircraft engine may include: (1) calculating a first difference between a measured speed and a reference speed of an aircraft to determine an intermediate term...
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6880784 |
Automatic takeoff thrust management system
An automatic takeoff thrust management system can be used in an aircraft with at least two engines. The management system comprises an aircraft status sensor or set of sensors capable of detecting...
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6871105 |
Methods and apparatus for reducing hyperplanes in a control space
A method for facilitating an optimization of a control space in n dimensions is provided. The control space includes a plurality of points, and the method includes removing at least one hyperplane...
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6847865 |
Miniature, unmanned aircraft with onboard stabilization and automated ground control of flight path
A miniature, unmanned aircraft for acquiring and/or transmitting data, capable of automatically maintaining desired airframe stability while operating by remote directional commands. The aircraft...
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6819266 |
System and method for reducing the speed of an aircraft
An aircraft system for reducing the airspeed of an aircraft as it passes through a preselected altitude includes an automatic throttle system including a computer, a device for inputting a...
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6816823 |
Process for designing flight controllers
Process for designing flight controllers, in which first for the rigid airplane and then for the elastic airplane the damping and the phase delay for each excitation frequency is determined, and...
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6808141 |
Propeller-driven aircraft with engine power scheduling with indicated airspeed
Propeller-driven aircraft ( 30 ) comprising an engine ( 31 ) providing mechanical engine power for rotating a propeller ( 32 ), an engine limiting unit ( 35 ), an engine control unit ( 37 ) for...
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6793176 |
Automatic control of air vehicle during catapult launch
A control system and method for automatic control of an air vehicle during catapult launch includes a first pitch axis partition that includes an altitude hold control loop and a vertical rate...
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6769645 |
Electronic automatic repulsion system
Those hijackers seeking to commit suicide by crashing a plane into a selected target are frustrated because the selected targets, such as a nuclear plant or a governmental building, are provided...
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6742742 |
Device and process for regulating the power of the engines of a rotary wing multi-engine aircraft
Device and process for regulating the power of the engines of a rotary wing multi-engine aircraft. The regulating device ( 1 ) comprises, in addition to main regulating systems ( 2, 6 ) associated...
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6735505 |
Aircraft flight and voice data recorder system and method
An onboard portion of the system is located on an aircraft for monitoring a plurality of flight parameters and detecting a predetermined exceedence indicative of a potential problem. With regard to...
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6729579 |
Flight control device for improving the longitudinal stability of an automatically controlled airplane and method of operating same
Flight control system for the longitudinal control of an automatically controlled airplane having adjusting surfaces provided for the longitudinal control which, viewed from the longitudinal axis...
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6711477 |
Automatic flight envelope protection for uninhabited air vehicles: method for determining point in flight envelope
A system and method for detecting if a UAV is operating within its flight envelope. The invention includes defining the flight envelope of the UAV. The operating state of the UAV is identified from...
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6704624 |
Method and device for controlling an aircraft maneuvering components, with electrical standby modules
A device for controlling aircraft maneuvering units includes at least one control unit and a central computing unit. The control unit may be actuated by a pilot for issuing maneuvering commands....
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6694230 |
Aircraft with electrical fly-by-wire controls, equipped with an automatic pilot
An aircraft with electrical fly-by-wire controls is equipped with an automatic pilot having a navigation computer producing automatic pilot instructions that are sent directly to a flight control...
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6669139 |
Aircraft with electric flight controls provided with a fuselage able to deform and vibrate
According to the invention, in this aircraft, the elements of the inertial reference system are separated according to whether they are intended for navigation (CI) or flight control ( 5, 6, 7 )....
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6664656 |
Aircraft electrical power distribution network
A data collection network and electrical power distribution network designed to reduce airplane wire weight and allow nearly complete wiring design and installation of wiring and equipment in the...
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6659397 |
Control system for ornithopter
An ornithopter with two set of opposed wings maintains powered flight by flapping each set of wings. To dampen vibration, each set of wings move 180 degrees out of phase. To further dampen...
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6641086 |
System and method for controlling an aircraft
A system for controlling an aircraft includes an airframe, a first airfoil, and a second airfoil. At least a portion of the first airfoil and the second airfoil are controllably deflectable so...
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6626397 |
Autonomous flying wing
An unmanned flying vehicle comprises an autonomous flying wing having at least two wing portions arranged substantially symmetrically about a center portion. Each wing portion is pivotally attached...
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6604030 |
Single fault impervious integrated control and monitoring system
An integrated control and monitoring system for airport avionics is made single-point-of-failure impervious by continuously operating pairs of parallel-connected concentrators, Remote Master...
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6588704 |
Actuator apparatus, in particular for an aircraft flight control
Actuator apparatus, in particular for an airplane flight control. The apparatus has at least two main drive systems and a differential which connects outlet shafts from the two systems to a control...
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6543719 |
Oscillating air jets for implementing blade variable twist, enhancing engine and blade efficiency, and reducing drag, vibration, download and ir signature
A porous surface on an aircraft structure driven with oscillating positive and negative pressures is used as an active control device for attenuating negative aerodynamic interactions. The porous...
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6527225 |
Method for performing an automated category a takeoff
A method for automating a takeoff maneuver for an aircraft, comprising the steps of generating a takeoff profile comprising a takeoff point, a flight path, and a takeoff decision point (TDP),...
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6507776 |
Autopilot for aircraft having automatic descent function in the event of cabin depressurization
An emergency control system permits an aircraft to recover from a catastrophic loss of cabin pressure even if the pilot becomes incapacitated before he is able to activate an emergency oxygen...
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6459228 |
Dual input servo coupled control sticks
The present invention provides an active control system for coupling the movements of a pair of independently operated manual input devices such as dual flight control sticks operated by a pilot...
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6457672 |
Propulsion nacelle alignment system for tilt-rotor aircraft
The propulsion nacelles of a tilt-rotor type aircraft are adjustably positioned on the aircraft wings under control of a programmed actuator in response to error signals produced by change in angle...
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6446015 |
Method and apparatus for flight data acquisition using an optimized multiple frequency waveform
The present invention comprises a method and apparatus that generates a waveform consisting of an arbitrary number of frequency sweeps combined from adding and subtracting mini frequency sweeps....
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6390412 |
Method and device for assisting the pilot in controlling the turboshaft power and/or rotor speed of heat-propelled helicopters
Helicopter, device, and method of controlling helicopter using a computer, at least one motorized mechanical stop, and a collective pitch lever for controlling flight. The device includes a...
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