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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
May. 16, 2018
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Jillian Samantha Alfred, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Christopher M. Bothwell, Grapevine, TX (US);
Textron Innovations Inc., Providene, RI (US);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a rotorcraft includes: a rotor system; a sensor; a flight control device; and a flight control computer (FCC) coupled to the rotor system, the sensor, and the flight control device, the FCC configured to: determine a rotation speed of the rotor system; select a first aeroservoelasticity filter configuration from a plurality of aeroservoelasticity filter configurations according to the rotation speed of the rotor system, the aeroservoelasticity filter configurations being predetermined configurations corresponding to different rotation speeds of the rotor system; receive a signal from the sensor; filter the signal according to the first aeroservoelasticity filter configuration; and adjust the flight control device according to the filtered signal.