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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2019
Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp., Longueuil, CA;
Patrick Manoukian, Saint-Laurent, CA;
Keith Morgan, Westmount, CA;
PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP., Longueuil, CA;
Abstract
Methods and systems for operating an aircraft having two or more engines are described. The method comprises receiving an engine availability confirmation when a set of engine parameters meet engine operating conditions for an asymmetric operating regime, receiving an aircraft availability confirmation when a set of aircraft parameters meet aircraft operating conditions for the asymmetric operating regime, outputting an availability message to a cockpit of the aircraft in response to receiving the engine availability confirmation and the aircraft availability confirmation, receiving a pilot-initiated request to operate the engine in the asymmetric operating regime, and commanding the engines to operate in the asymmetric operating regime in response to the pilot-initiated request.