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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2017
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, CT (US);
Leonard M. Wengler, III, Palm City, FL (US);
Kevin L. Bredenbeck, Stuart, FL (US);
Matthew T. Luszcz, Hamden, CT (US);
Matthew A. White, Milford, CT (US);
William Fell, Stuart, FL (US);
SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Stratford, CT (US);
Abstract
A fly-by-wire aircraft and method of flying a fly-by-wire aircraft is disclosed. The aircraft includes a control system for flying the aircraft in one of a proportional ground control mode and a model following controls mode. A control device at a control interface of the aircraft selectively activates a trim follow up function in the control system. When flying the aircraft in a proportional ground control mode, trim follow up function can be activated. The control system can then transition into the model following controls mode with the trim follow up function activated to reduce transient behavior.