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Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025

Filed:

May. 31, 2023
Applicant:

Beta Air, Llc, South Burlington, VT (US);

Inventor:

Herman Wiegman, South Burlington, VT (US);

Assignee:

BETA AIR LLC, South Burlington, VT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 13/00 (2006.01); B64C 13/04 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/085 (2013.01); B64C 13/0421 (2018.01); G05D 1/042 (2013.01); G05D 1/0607 (2013.01);
Abstract

A distributed control system with supplemental attitude adjustment including an aircraft control having an engaged state and a disengaged state. The system also including a plurality of flight components and a plurality of aircraft components communicatively connected to the plurality of flight components, wherein each aircraft component is configured to receive an aircraft command and generate a response command directing the flight components as a function of supplemental attitude. The supplemental attitude based at least in part on the engagement datum and generating a supplemental attitude includes choosing a position supplemental attitude if the aircraft control is disengaged and choosing a velocity supplemental attitude if the aircraft control is engaged. In generating the response command, the aircraft attitude is combined with the supplemental attitude to obtain an aggregate attitude, and the aircraft component is configured to generate the response command based on the aggregate attitude.


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