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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2021
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Sherwin C. Li, Edmonds, WA (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for automatically extending aircraft wing flaps in response to detecting an excess energy steep descent condition are described. An example control system of an aircraft includes one or more processors. The one or more processors determine whether the aircraft is experiencing an excess energy steep descent (EESD) condition. In response to determining that the aircraft is experiencing the EESD condition, the one or more processors command an actuator of the aircraft coupled to a flap of the aircraft to extend the flap from a current flap position to a subsequent flap position defined by a flap extension sequence.