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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2019
Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Derek William Heard, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Richard Theodore Perryman, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Nathan Craig Clark, Arlington, TX (US);
Joshua Andrew Emrich, Grapevine, TX (US);
Yann Lavallee, St-Hippolyte, CA;
Ralph Michael Gannarelli, Keller, TX (US);
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Abstract
A method of adjusting a center of gravity (CG) of an aircraft includes: inputting at least one load parameter into a flight computer, determining, via a processer of the flight computer, the CG of the aircraft. Responsive to a determination by the processor that the CG is outside of a CG envelope, moving at least a first movable ballast of a plurality of movable ballasts from a first ballast dock to a second ballast dock to move the CG toward the CG envelope. Each of the first and second ballast docks may include a housing and a first ballast tray secured within the housing and comprising a plurality of channels.