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Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025

Filed:

Feb. 08, 2023
Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);

Inventors:

Rostyslav Svitelskyi, Shoreline, WA (US);

Sherwin Chunshek Li, Edmonds, WA (US);

Brian Kenyon Rupnik, Lake Stevens, WA (US);

Assignee:

THE BOEING COMPANY, Arlington, VA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 13/18 (2006.01); B64C 13/04 (2006.01); B64C 13/22 (2006.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 13/18 (2013.01); B64C 13/042 (2018.01); B64C 13/22 (2013.01); B64D 45/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

An aircraft includes an autopilot system including one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to, in response to selection of an autopilot activation button during flight of the aircraft while the aircraft is operating in a first condition, apply first control laws to automatically control the flight of the aircraft. The one or more processors are further configured to, in response to selection of the autopilot activation button while the aircraft is operating in a second condition, apply second control laws to automatically control the flight of the aircraft, where the second control laws are different from the first control laws.


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