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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2020
Applicant:
Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
Luke Dafydd Gillett, Grapevine, TX (US);
James Rigsby, Coppell, TX (US);
Jeffrey Kirkman, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Craig Lovell, Arlington, TX (US);
Andrew Carter, Richland Hills, TX (US);
Aaron Alexander Acee, Euless, TX (US);
Assignee:
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 5/16 (2006.01); B64C 13/16 (2006.01); B64C 5/02 (2006.01); B64C 27/06 (2006.01); B64C 27/82 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 13/16 (2013.01); B64C 5/02 (2013.01); B64C 5/16 (2013.01); B64C 27/06 (2013.01); B64C 2027/8281 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rotorcraft has a horizontal stabilizer movable about an axis of rotation and a horizontal stabilizer control system configured to control the horizontal stabilizer to at least one of move the rotorcraft into a minimum drag position, maintain the aircraft in a minimum drag position, efficiently achieve a maneuver, enter efficient autorotation, and maintain efficient autorotation.