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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2023
Electra Aero, Inc., Manassas, VA (US);
Robert John Hansman, Jr., Cambridge, MA (US);
Christopher B. Courtin, Somerville, MA (US);
Oliver Masefield, Stans, CH;
Electra Aero, Inc., Manassas, VA (US);
Abstract
An aircraft may include a tail having a rudder and a pair of wings. The pair of wings may include at least one flap and at least one roll control device. The aircraft may also include at least two thrust-producing devices. The aircraft may also include a differential thrust control system including a computing device having at least one processor. The at least one processer may be configured to control an attitude of the aircraft by selectively operating the at least two thrust-producing devices, the rudder, and the at least one roll control device based at least in part on a plurality of conditions provided by a plurality of sensors on the aircraft and a selected mode setting of a mode control panel. The computing device may be communicatively coupled to the at least two thrust-producing devices, the rudder, and the at least one roll control device.