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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2024
Applicant:
Bombardier Inc., Montreal, CA;
Inventor:
Kurt Sermeus, Salaberry de Valleyfield, CA;
Assignee:
BOMBARDIER INC., Dorval, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 9/18 (2006.01); B64C 3/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/48 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosed systems and methods for controlling a variable camber (VC) flight control system of an aircraft in a cruise flight phase, comprising: i) in response to a first input from a user, operating the VC flight control system in a first mode, the first mode configured to operate the aircraft according to a passenger comfort goal, by maintaining a deck angle of the aircraft at a low and substantially constant value; and ii) in response to a second input from the user, operating the VC flight control system in a second mode, the second mode configured to operate the aircraft according to an efficiency goal.