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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2014
Applicant:
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, CT (US);
Inventors:
Joshua D. Isom, Allentown, PA (US);
Austin Fang, Fairfield, CT (US);
Jonathan K. Wong, Trumbull, CT (US);
Assignee:
SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Stratford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 17/00 (2006.01); G01G 19/07 (2006.01); G01M 1/12 (2006.01); G05D 1/08 (2006.01); G01M 1/28 (2006.01); B64C 27/82 (2006.01); G01G 19/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01G 19/07 (2013.01); G01M 1/127 (2013.01); B64C 27/82 (2013.01); G01G 19/086 (2013.01); G01M 1/28 (2013.01); G05D 1/0858 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments are directed to obtaining data from at least one sensor, the data pertaining to rotor loads and motion, processing, by a device comprising a processor, the data to obtain an estimate of at least one of gross weight (GW) and center of gravity (CG) for a rotorcraft, and outputting the estimate.