Embraer S.a.

Daniel Paulo De Tarso Ferreira

Marcos Vinicius Campos

Fabricio Reis Caldeira

Igor Miranda Rodrigues

Marcelo Galvão

Gustavo Jose Zambrano

Paulo Emilio Da Silva Turetta

Mauricio Faustino Oliveira

Bruno Rangel Pacheco

Marcos Vinícius Campos

Marcelo GALVÃO

An aircraft fly-by-wire control system allows takeoffs with a single initial horizontal stabilizer or trim tab position while maintaining satisfactory rotation times, thus allowing simpler aircraft operation and avoiding the scenario in which the crew does not correctly trim the aircraft (mistrim takeoff scenario) which could reduce safety margins.

Longitudinal trim control movement during takeoff rotation

An electromechanical rudder system control using electromagnetic actuators provides dual redundancy to comply with safety demands. Diversity of possible interconnection distribution allows the manufacturer to choose the proper configuration to satisfy aircraft safety design, hardware savings and overall system quality improvements. A dual channel rudder system architecture includes reconfigurable electronic controllers used to control plural electromechanical primary actuators for rudder control, and a distribution of aircraft and cockpit sensors through the electronic controllers to guarantee minimum required safety standards in case of loss of input data. The plural electromechanical actuators driving a rudder surface are arranged in independent and redundant load paths.

Rudder system architecture for electrical actuators

Aircraft and associated methods, apparatus, system and storage devices for automatically positioning of lift control devices such as high lift devices including slats and flaps so an aircraft equipped with this technology will not need to count on the crew to command the lift control devices.

Automatic command for lift control devices

A flight control system can achieve a relatively steep descent (using drag devices such as flight spoilers) at relatively low speeds while retaining good airplane handling qualities from the pilot's point of view. The system and method optimize the drag device's positioning used to perform steep approach to improve performance.

Steep approach performance improvements and optimization

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São José dos Campos, Brazil

Daniel Paulo De Tarso Ferreira