Airbus Helicopters

Setareh Taheri

Jean-Baptiste Vallart

Nicolas Pierre Certain

Patrick Hellio

Damien Gavios

Samuel Leyder

Celine Rocheron

Patricia Gauthier

Nicolas Certain

Céline Rocheron

A regulator device for regulating a control setpoint for a speed of rotation, written NR, for at least one main rotor of a rotorcraft, the rotorcraft including at least one measurement member for taking measurements representative of a current vertical elevation of the rotorcraft relative to a reference level Ref; and measurement means serving to measure at least one vertical component of a travel speed of the rotorcraft relative to the air surrounding the rotorcraft, the regulator device for regulating the control setpoint of the speed including management means for automatically controlling the control setpoint for the speed in accordance with at least two predetermined control relationships that are distinct from each other.

Device for regulating a setpoint for a speed of rotation of a rotorcraft rotor, a rotorcraft fitted with such a device, and an associated method of regulation

A regulator device for regulating a speed of rotation, of a shaft of a gas generator of at least one turboshaft engine of a rotorcraft. The rotorcraft has at least one main rotor for regulating at least lift and/or propulsion for said rotorcraft in the air; a control member for controlling a collective pitch of the blades of said at least one main rotor, said control member serving to generate a control setpoint for said collective pitch; at least one turboshaft engine suitable for driving rotation of said at least one main rotor, said at least one engine producing, at least temporarily, a drive torque that is transmitted to said at least one main rotor; and measurement means for taking at each instant a measurement of said drive torque transmitted by said at least one engine to said at least one main rotor.

Device for regulating the speed of rotation of a gas generator shaft of a rotorcraft turboshaft engine, a rotorcraft provided with such a device, and an associated method of regulation

A method of monitoring a power transmission system of an aircraft, the aircraft including at least one main rotor driven in rotation by a rotor mast and an auxiliary unit having an auxiliary rotor. Control means control the auxiliary rotor. A power relationship is determined providing a first reduced power parameter of the auxiliary unit as a function of a position (POS) of the control means. A setpoint limit is set for a second power parameter for the rotor mast. A current position (POSACTU) of the control means is determined and a calculated value (Vcal) is also determined at least by applying the current position (POSACTU) to the power relationship. A limit value that is not to be exceeded by a power plant is determined, with the limit value being equal to the sum at least of the setpoint limit plus the calculated value.

Device for monitoring a power transmission system of an aircraft, an aircraft provided with the device, and the method used

A device for regulating the speed of rotation of at least one main rotor of a rotorcraft, which speed is known as the speed NR. Such a rotorcraft comprises at least one manual flight control member for delivering a collective pitch control setpoint C for the blades of the at least one main rotor, the control setpoint C being a function of a current position of the at least one control member; and detector means enabling a current state to be detected from at least two distinct states of the rotorcraft, namely a 'ground' state in which the rotorcraft is in contact with the ground, at least in part, and a 'flight' state in which the rotorcraft is at least being sustained in the air.

Device for regulating the speed of rotation of a rotorcraft rotor, a rotorcraft fitted with such a device, and an associated regulation method

A method of assisting the piloting of a multi-engined rotorcraft in the event of an engine failure. A main rotor of the rotorcraft is driven at a variable NR speed under the control of a control unit. Calculation means identify an authorized margin of mechanical power usable by the pilot depending on a rating for regulating the operation of each of the engines under the control of a regulator unit. Outside an engine-failure situation, and providing the main rotor is being driven at a low NR speed, the mechanical power margin that is usable by the pilot and that is displayed on a screen, is in fact a limited margin of a value less than the authorized margin. Under such conditions, and in an engine-failure situation, the mechanical power reserve that is actually available enables the pilot to counter rapidly the sudden drop in the NR speed of rotation of the main rotor as induced by the engine failure.

Assisting the piloting of a multi-engined rotorcraft in an engine-failure situation, in the context of a main rotor of the rotorcraft being driven at variable speed

A method of regulating the speed of rotation of at least one main rotor of a multi-engined rotorcraft, which rotor is driven at variable speed. In the event of a failure of one of the main engines of the rotorcraft, a control unit generates an NR setpoint that is not less than the nominal drive speed (NRnom) of the main rotor. Thereafter, a calculator acts iteratively to determine a target speed (NRobj) for driving the main rotor to obtain stabilized lift of the rotorcraft by balancing between the torque developed by the main rotor and the rate of increase of its drive speed. The autopilot then causes the pitch of the blades of the main rotor to vary so as to obtain the iteratively calculated target speed (NRobj) until stabilized lift of the rotorcraft is obtained.

Method of regulating the speed of rotation of the main rotor of a multi-engined rotorcraft in the event of one of the engines failing

A flight instrument that displays the rotational speed of a main rotor of a rotary-wing aircraft, with the flight instrument including display means, a first indicator of a setpoint for the rotational speed of the main rotor, a second indicator of the first current value of the rotational speed of the main rotor, and third and fourth indicators of the limit values of the rotational speed. The setpoint for the rotational speed of the main rotor is variable and the first indicator is stationary on the display means, with the second, third and fourth indicators being movable in relation to the first indicator.

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Setareh Taheri