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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2003
Filed:
May. 17, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
David W. King, Southlake, TX (US);
Peter M. Shultz, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Assignee:
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Forth Worth, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 2/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 2/900 ;
Abstract
A tiltrotor aircraft ( ) has a multi-mode tiltrotor nacelle control system with integrated envelope protection ( ). The tiltrotor aircraft ( ) has a fuselage ( ), a tail section ( ), a left wing member ( ), a right wing member ( ), a right engine nacelle ( ), a left engine nacelle ( ), a left proprotor ( ), and a right proprotor ( ). Activation of the nacelle control system causes preselected rotational movement of the tiltrotor assembly.