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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2018
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Morganne Cody Klein, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Jillian Samantha Alfred, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Christopher James Ludtke, Grapevine, TX (US);
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a rotorcraft includes: a plurality of engines; a flight control computer connected to the plurality of engines, the flight control computer being configured to: receive an operating parameter of a first engine of the plurality of engines; determine an engine output ramping rate for the first engine according to a difference between the operating parameter of the first engine and a nominal limit of the first engine; and increase the output of the first engine in response to detecting an outage of another engine of the plurality of engines, the output of the first engine being increased according to the engine output ramping rate.