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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2022
Applicant:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Inventors:
Jay Benjamin Monahan, Toms River, NJ (US);
Erez Eller, Oakville, CT (US);
Assignee:
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/00 (2006.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01); G01P 5/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/00 (2013.01); B64D 45/00 (2013.01); G01P 5/16 (2013.01); B64D 2045/0085 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for controlling a rotary wing aircraft includes determining a measured airspeed of the rotary wing aircraft based on data from a pitot probe, determining an estimated airspeed of the rotary wing aircraft based on rotor control commands, and determining a blended airspeed based on both the measured airspeed and the estimated airspeed.