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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2015
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Nishizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoko Iijima, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Tagashira, Tokyo, JP;
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide an electrified aircraft, and a method of controlling a regenerative electric power of the electrified aircraft where a path angle and a descending rate can be controlled with a good response independently from a speed while controlling the drag force of the propulsion drive system and where it is possible to maximize safely a generated electric power in each flight status at the time of descent or ascent. The electrified aircraft includes a propeller or a fan for propulsion; an electric drive motor for rotary-driving the propeller or the fan and for generating an electric power by the rotation of the propeller or the fan; and an estimation unit for estimating a drag force of the propeller or the fan or an electric power generation amount of the electric drive motor based on propulsion system parameters of the electric drive motor.