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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2022
Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;
Airbus Operations (S.a.s.), Toulouse, FR;
Simon John Cozens, Bristol, GB;
Fernando Izquierdo Civera, Bristol, GB;
Nicholas Elliott, Bristol, GB;
Daren Payne, Bristol, GB;
Livier Ben, Bristol, GB;
Julien Decronsonniere, Bristol, GB;
James Cullingham, Bristol, GB;
AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, Bristol, GB;
AIRBUS OPERATIONS (S.A.S.), Toulouse, FR;
Abstract
An aircraft system for an aircraft, the aircraft system including a controller configured, during a take-off procedure, to determine that a one engine inoperative condition is met and determine that a predetermined take-off criterion is met. The controller is configured, on the basis of a determination that the one engine inoperative condition is met, and prior to receiving a command to retract a landing gear of the aircraft, to initiate automatic opening of a landing gear bay door associated with the landing gear from a closed position towards an open position when the controller determines that the predetermined take-off criterion is met, and inhibit the automatic opening when the controller determines that the predetermined take-off criterion is not met.