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Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 01, 2019
Applicant:

Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp., Longueuil, CA;

Inventors:

Philippe Beauchesne-Martel, Brossard, CA;

Mark Cunningham, Montreal-West, CA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 23/00 (2006.01); B64D 15/16 (2006.01); B64C 27/00 (2006.01); B64D 15/20 (2006.01); F02C 6/02 (2006.01); F02C 6/20 (2006.01); F02C 9/22 (2006.01); F02C 9/26 (2006.01); B64C 27/06 (2006.01); B64D 27/10 (2006.01); B64D 31/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 15/16 (2013.01); B64C 27/00 (2013.01); B64D 15/20 (2013.01); F02C 6/02 (2013.01); F02C 6/206 (2013.01); F02C 9/22 (2013.01); F02C 9/26 (2013.01); B64C 27/06 (2013.01); B64D 27/10 (2013.01); B64D 31/14 (2013.01); F05D 2220/329 (2013.01); F05D 2220/74 (2013.01); F05D 2270/09 (2013.01); F05D 2270/13 (2013.01); F05D 2270/80 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is provided a system and a method for operating a multi-engine rotorcraft. When the rotorcraft is cruising in an asymmetric operating regime (AOR) at least one engine is an active engine and is operated in an active mode to provide motive power to the rotorcraft and at least one second engine is a standby engine and is operated in a standby mode to provide substantially no motive power to the rotorcraft, at least one of a power level of the at least one second engine is increased and at least one variable geometry mechanism of the at least one second engine is moved to shed any ice accumulation on the at least one second engine.


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