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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2022
Otto Aero Company, Omaha, NE (US);
Sean Patrick Suiter, Omaha, NE (US);
Richard Andrew Kruse, Lincoln, NE (US);
Otto Aero Company, Omaha, NE (US);
Abstract
A mission monitor for planning non-scheduled flight plan operations during a flight such that a user or the system may direct the aircraft to a safe position if the pilot or aircraft cease to perform as planned. Upon user selection or a triggering event the mission monitor may select and cause the aircraft to fly a determined best course of action at any particular point inflight. The mission monitor may remotely and wirelessly receive flight, pilot, aircraft, and operator information. In some implementations mission monitor features may be distributed between individual modules. In one embodiment the system determines current aircraft configuration against an expected aircraft configuration to detect configuration errors, and then utilize configuration errors and error trends to manage aircraft configuration and mission operation. The system may divert the aircraft to the best available landing sites or reconfigure the aircraft to resolve configuration errors.