Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation

John Rucci

Alex Faynberg

Stephen T Kubik

Stephen C McCulley

Christiaan Corry

Aaron L Greenfield

Vineet Sahasrabudhe

Anthony Zbigniew Stobiecki

Steven E Spoldi

Glen A Knaust

Donald T Ream

Brent Davis

Christopher James Myers

Edward Pavelka

A method for position hold override control of an aircraft includes determining, by a processor, that a position hold mode is enabled to hold the aircraft at a substantially fixed position with respect to a target. The processor receives a control input indicative of a commanded change in acceleration of the aircraft as an override of the position hold mode. The processor determines an acceleration command based on the commanded change in acceleration. The acceleration command is adjusted as an adjusted acceleration command responsive to a non-linear scheduled translational rate command based on feedback of a commanded velocity of the aircraft. An update to the commanded velocity of the aircraft is generated based on the adjusted acceleration command.

Position hold override control

A system and method for conducting flight procedures training in a rotary-wing aircraft with a multi-engine powerplant includes determining a variable bias relative an available power margin to simulate a reduced power available flight condition; and displaying symbology indicative of the simulated reduced power available flight condition.

Modules and methods for biasing power to a multi-engine power plant suitable for one engine inoperative flight procedure training

A system and method for controlling a deceleration profile of an aircraft, includes a processor and memory that receives a signal indicative of a deceleration command; receives signals indicative of a sensed velocity and a commanded heading rate; determines a commanded velocity in response to the receiving of the deceleration command and the commanded heading rate; determines an estimated deceleration command as a function of the commanded velocity; and determines an actual deceleration command in response to the determining of the estimated deceleration command.

Deceleration to hover modulation

A torque based power limit cueing system is provided and includes an engine computer to compile data relating to torque and additional information of each of one or more engines, an active stick by which tactile cueing are provided to a pilot and by which the pilot inputs control commands, a multi-function display (MFD) by which visible cues are provided to the pilot and a flight control computer (FCC) operably coupled to the engine computer, the active stick and the multi-function display, the FCC being configured to receive the data from the engine computer and to output tactile cue commands and visible commands in accordance with the torque and the additional information of each of the one or more engines to the active stick and the MFD, respectively.

Torque based power limit cueing system and method

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John Rucci