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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2017
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Neal Van Huynh, Bellevue, WA (US);
Patrick Joseph McCormick, Mukilteo, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for controlling aircraft flight control surfaces are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a flight control surface controller to move a control surface of an aircraft to a target position via at least one of a first actuator or a second actuator associated with the control surface based on a command input received by the flight control surface controller. The flight control surface controller to: obtain a flight characteristic of the aircraft; compare the flight characteristic to a flight characteristic threshold; in response to a first comparison result, cause the first actuator to move the control surface to the target position based on the command input without moving the second actuator; and in response to a second comparison result, cause the first actuator and the second actuator to move the control surface to the target position based on the command input.