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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2020
Applicant:
Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
Kevin Thomas Christensen, Plano, TX (US);
Hunter Barton Nelson, North Richland Hills, TX (US);
Martin Wesley Shubert, Tall Timbers, MD (US);
Paul David Ruckel, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Assignee:
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); B64C 19/02 (2006.01); B64C 15/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 19/02 (2013.01); B64C 15/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
An exemplary method for controlling low speed flight of an aircraft having a controller receiving pilot input includes transitioning from a translational rate command (TRC) to a linear acceleration command (LAC) when the controller is displaced above a control transition displacement (CTD), and while in LAC holding speed when the controller is relaxed to CTD.