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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 1979
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1978
Gregory P Wright, Milford, CT (US);
Don L Adams, Fairfield, CT (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Abstract
A bias actuator, such as an extensible link, in the longitudinal cyclic pitch channel of a helicopter is provided with inputs as a function of airspeed multiplied inversely with collective pitch, and as a function of the rate of change of collective pitch stick position, so as to enforce positive angle of attack and speed stability and positive static pitch trim gradient and to decouple collective pitch from the longitudinal cyclic pitch channel at cruise airspeeds, the invention compensates, inter alia, adverse control effects of tail stabilizer surfaces at cruise speeds. A pair of indicators display bias commands and actual bias responses.