HYBRID JET ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT

Flight control systems, flight control methods, and aircraft are provided. An aircraft including an electric propulsion engine, a combustion turbine engine, a flight controller for generating a first control signal indicative of a climb request, a second control signal indicative of a cruise request...

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Main Authors LANDERS, Thomas, LAVRISA, Tom
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 10.11.2021
Subjects
AIRCRAFT
ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
AVIATION
COSMONAUTICS
EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT
FLYING SUITS
PARACHUTES
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:Flight control systems, flight control methods, and aircraft are provided. An aircraft including an electric propulsion engine, a combustion turbine engine, a flight controller for generating a first control signal indicative of a climb request, a second control signal indicative of a cruise request and a third control signal indicative of a descent request, and an aircraft propulsion controller operative to engage the electric propulsion engine and the combustion turbine engine in response to the first control signal and disengage the electric propulsion engine in response to the second control signal and wherein the electric propulsion engine may be engaged in a regenerative mode to charge a battery in response to the third control signal
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20210171762