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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
May. 30, 2018
Airbus Operations (S.a.s.), Toulouse, FR;
José Torralba, Merville, FR;
Julie Lebas, Toulouse, FR;
AIRBUS OPERATION (SAS), Toulouse, FR;
Abstract
A method and device for monitoring and controlling a path of a following aircraft (AC) with respect to vortices (V, V) generated by a leading aircraft (AC) while both aircraft (AC, AC) fly in a formation (F), wherein the device includes a unit for determining, using a vortex transport model, a safety position (PS) at which the following aircraft (AC) is not subjected to effects of the vortices (V, V) generated by the leading aircraft (AC), a unit for determining, using a vortex signature model, an optimum position (PO) at which the following aircraft (AC) benefits from at least one (V) of the vortices (V, V), and a control unit for bringing and keeping the following aircraft (AC) in the safety position (PS) while a predetermined condition(s) is met and otherwise for bringing the following aircraft (AC) and keeping it in the optimum position (PO).