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Patent No.:

US 10860038 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 26, 2018

System and method for automatic rotorcraft tail strike protection

Applicant:

Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);

Inventor:

Luke Dafydd Gillett, Grapevine, TX (US);

Assignee:

TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC., Providence, RI (US);

Attorney:

Slater Matsil, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Bao Long T Nguyen

Assistant Examiner:

Jean W Charleston

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/08 (2006.01); B64D 45/04 (2006.01); B64C 27/04 (2006.01); B64C 27/58 (2006.01); B64C 27/00 (2006.01); B64C 13/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0808 (2013.01); B64C 13/503 (2013.01); B64C 27/006 (2013.01); B64C 27/04 (2013.01); B64C 27/58 (2013.01); B64D 45/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

An embodiment rotorcraft includes a main rotor, one or more flight controls connected to the main rotor and operational to control flight characteristics of the main rotor by pitching a nose of the rotorcraft upward, and a flight control computer (FCC) operable to determine an attitude command and to generate an adjusted attitude command by adjusting a magnitude of the attitude command according to an above ground level (AGL) altitude of the rotorcraft. The FCC is further operable to control a flight characteristic of the rotorcraft by sending the adjusted attitude command to one or more flight controls.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Gillett, Luke. (2020). System and method for automatic rotorcraft tail strike protection (U.S. Patent No. 10860038). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10860038

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