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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2023
Filed:
May. 30, 2023
Archer Aviation, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Nathan Thomas Depenbusch, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jeffery Scott Greenwood, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
Archer Aviation, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are systems and methods for controlling an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. In one embodiment, a system comprises a processor, a first inceptor, communicatively coupled to the processor, the first inceptor configured to accept longitudinal and lateral linear movements as manual input and provide corresponding signals to the processor, and a second inceptor, communicatively coupled to the processor, the second inceptor configured to accept longitudinal and lateral linear movements as manual input and provide corresponding signals to the processor, wherein the processor is configured to control a heading of an aircraft using a signal received from the second inceptor corresponding to lateral linear movement of the second inceptor. Some embodiments may additionally include at least one sensor and a thumb stick for each inceptor.