Airbus Operations (s.a.s.)

Airbus France

Airbus Operations Gmbh

Xavier Le Tron

Gerard Mathieu

Franck Delaplace

Didier Ronceray

Benoit Joalland

Céline Bourissou

Gregory Schott

Grégory Schott

Benoît Joalland

The invention pertains to a method and apparatus for verifying the consistency of the values given by an angle of attack probe of an aircraft. The method and apparatus verifies the proper operation of the angle of attack probe by using the aircraft's vertical load factor measurement provided by an accelerometer to estimate the angle of attack and then comparing the estimated angle of attach with the measure angle of attack.

Method of verifying the consistency of values given by an incidence probe of an aircraft

A reference value is arbitrarily selected from a range of possible aircraft rotation speeds. A position of a trimmable horizontal stabilizer is angled in accordance with a centering of the reference value. A deviation between the reference value and an accelerating speed value of the aircraft is determined. Elevators or the horizontal stabilizer are controlled, prior to rotation, in accordance with the determined deviation.

Assisted take-off method for aircraft

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Blagnac, France

Xavier Le Tron