CLOSED LOOP CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL SURFACES

Closed loop control method for control surfaces includes measuring a flight metric of an aircraft during flight and calculating, using a processor, a deflection of a control surface of the aircraft based on the flight metric. The disclosed method also includes adjusting the deflection to an effectiv...

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Main Authors CARPENTER, PAUL H, KOCH, THOMAS S, WHITEHEAD, BRIAN T, PACHIKARA, ABRAHAM J, FINN, MICHAEL R, BIENIAWSKI, STEFAN R, MOSER, MATTHEW A
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 16.03.2016
Subjects
AEROPLANES
AIRCRAFT
AVIATION
CONTROLLING
COSMONAUTICS
HELICOPTERS
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PHYSICS
REGULATING
SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:Closed loop control method for control surfaces includes measuring a flight metric of an aircraft during flight and calculating, using a processor, a deflection of a control surface of the aircraft based on the flight metric. The disclosed method also includes adjusting the deflection to an effective deflection level based on the calculated deflection to reduce a drag coefficient of the aircraft.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20150170142