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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2011
Kevin Thomas Christensen, Plano, TX (US);
Shyhpyng Jack Shue, Grapevine, TX (US);
Troy Sheldon Caudill, Burleson, TX (US);
Kevin Thomas Christensen, Plano, TX (US);
Shyhpyng Jack Shue, Grapevine, TX (US);
Troy Sheldon Caudill, Burleson, TX (US);
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Abstract
An aircraft and method to control flat yawing turns of the aircraft while maintaining a constant vector across a ground surface. The aircraft includes a control system in data communication with control actuators, a lateral control architecture, a longitudinal control architecture, and an initialization command logic. The lateral control architecture controls the aircraft in the lateral direction, while the longitudinal control architecture controls the aircraft in the longitudinal direction. The initialization command logic automatically activates the lateral control architecture and the longitudinal control architecture to maintain a constant vector across the ground whenever a directional control input is made at low speed.