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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2011
Pascale Louise, Toulouse, FR;
Alain Dupre, Fontenilles, FR;
Anthony Atencia, Toulouse, FR;
Emmanuel Cortet, Daux, FR;
Xavier Dal Santo, Blagnac, FR;
Pascale Louise, Toulouse, FR;
Alain Dupre, Fontenilles, FR;
Anthony Atencia, Toulouse, FR;
Emmanuel Cortet, Daux, FR;
Xavier Dal Santo, Blagnac, FR;
Airbus Operations (SAS), Toulouse Cedex, FR;
Abstract
The guiding mode transition aiding device includes a target heading determining device and a mode transition triggering system. The target heading determining device is configured to determine a target heading which represents the heading value reached by the aircraft at the end of a procedure of folding the wings of the aircraft flat from a current operating state. The mode transition triggering system receives the target heading and compares the target heading to a desired heading to be reached by the airplane to assist with triggering a transition between a rolling angle holding mode, in which the aircraft flies with a constant rolling angle, to a heading holding mode, in which the aircraft flies with a constant heading. This device and associated methods may be used during in flight refueling operations.