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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2020
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Marc Ouellet, Sainte-Sophie, CA;
Guillaume Biron, Blainville, CA;
Alexis Dugré, Boisbriand, CA;
Marc Bustamante, Montreal, CA;
Chen Kuang, Montreal, CA;
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Abstract
An electrically distributed yaw control system for a helicopter having a tailboom and a power system includes one or more tail rotors including a motor rotatably coupled to the tailboom and a power distribution unit. The power distribution unit includes a power management monitoring module configured to monitor one or more flight parameters of the helicopter and a power management command module configured to allocate power between the power system and the one or more tail rotor motors based on the one or more flight parameters of the helicopter.