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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2016
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Benjamin M. Helppi, Anamosa, IA (US);
Douglas M. McCormick, North Liberty, IA (US);
Marc Ayala, Robins, IA (US);
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
A system for monitoring the center of gravity of an aircraft includes receiving flight plan information regarding a flight plan of an aircraft indicative of planned events to occur during operation of the aircraft; predicting a center of gravity of the aircraft during operation of the aircraft based on the flight plan information; plotting a center of gravity curve based on the predicted center of gravity of the aircraft on a display, the center of gravity curve including a plurality of markers, each marker corresponding to one of the planned events, the location of each marker on the center of gravity curve indicating when during the operation of the aircraft the event is planned to occur, one of the events indicating an in-flight event; and updating the plotted center of gravity curve in real-time during operation of the aircraft based on an actual center of gravity of the aircraft.