ROTORCRAFT SYSTEMS TO REDUCE PILOT WORKLOAD

An aircraft includes an airframe having an extending tail, a counter rotating, coaxial main rotor assembly disposed at the airframe including an upper rotor assembly and a lower rotor assembly, and a translational thrust system positioned at the extending tail and providing translational thrust to t...

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Main Authors Bredenbeck Kevin L, Walsh David M, Cotton Bryan S, Arifian Kenneth C, Weiner Steven D
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 26.10.2017
Subjects
AEROPLANES
AIRCRAFT
AVIATION
COSMONAUTICS
HELICOPTERS
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:An aircraft includes an airframe having an extending tail, a counter rotating, coaxial main rotor assembly disposed at the airframe including an upper rotor assembly and a lower rotor assembly, and a translational thrust system positioned at the extending tail and providing translational thrust to the airframe. A fly by wire control system for the aircraft includes a flight control system configured to receive a plurality of inputs and a flight control computer to translate the inputs into commands and issue the commands to one or more controlled elements of the aircraft. A fly by wire control system for a dual coaxial rotor rotorcraft with auxiliary propulsor includes a flight control system configured to receive a plurality of inputs and a flight control computer to translate the inputs into commands and issue the commands to one or more controlled elements of the rotorcraft.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201515508378