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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2020
Applicant:
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/08 (2006.01); B64C 27/82 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0808 (2013.01); B64C 27/82 (2013.01); G05D 1/0066 (2013.01); B64C 2027/8209 (2013.01); B64C 2027/8227 (2013.01); B64C 2027/8254 (2013.01);
Abstract
A yaw control system for a helicopter having an airframe that includes a tailboom includes one or more tail rotors rotatably coupled to the tailboom and a flight control computer implementing an airframe protection module. The airframe protection module includes an airframe protection monitoring module configured to monitor one or more flight parameters of the helicopter and an airframe protection command module configured to modify one or more operating parameters of the one or more tail rotors based on the one or more flight parameters of the helicopter, thereby protecting the airframe of the helicopter.