Textron Innovations Inc.

Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.

Stephanie Baynham

Sung Kyun Kim

Robert Earl Worsham, Ii

Luke Dafydd Gillett

Jillian Samantha Alfred

Christopher Michael Bothwell

Troy S Caudill

Christopher Mike Bothwell

Morganne Cody Klein

John Wesley Melton

Robert Earl Worsham Ii

In an embodiment, a method of indicating flight modes of a rotorcraft includes: detecting a change in flight mode of the rotorcraft from a previous flight mode to an active flight mode, the active flight mode and the previous flight mode each being from one of a first subset or a second subset of a plurality of flight modes; determining whether the active flight mode and the previous flight mode are from different subsets of the plurality of flight modes; and updating one or more flight mode indicators on an instrument panel of the rotorcraft in response to the active flight mode and the previous flight mode being from different subsets of the plurality of flight modes.

System and method for flight mode annunciation

In accordance with an embodiment, a method of operating a rotorcraft includes receiving a first sensor value comprising a first coarse resolution portion and a first fine resolution portion, receiving a second sensor value comprising a second coarse resolution portion and a second fine resolution portion, and determining that the second coarse resolution portion corresponds with the second fine resolution portion when a difference between the second sensor value and the first sensor value is within a first threshold.

System and method for validating rotorcraft position coordinates

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Tacoma Park, MD, United States of America

Stephanie Baynham