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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2017
Control method for controlling a buoyancy system for an aircraft, a buoyancy system, and an aircraft
Airbus Helicopters, Marignane, FR;
Louis Delorme, Ensues la Redonne, FR;
Didier Bertin, Marseilles, FR;
AIRBUS HELICOPTERS, Marignane, FR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a control method for inflating at least one float of a buoyancy system. During a mode (MOD) of automatic inflation in flight, calculation means determine whether a predetermined ditching condition is true during a step (STP) of predicting a forthcoming impact. During a step (STP) of characterizing said impact, at least one predicted component of a ditching speed is determined. During an automatic inflation step (STP), each float is automatically inflated in flight when at least said ditching condition is true and when each determined predicted component is less than a corresponding speed threshold.