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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2013
Applicant:
GE Aviation Systems Limited, Cheltenham, GB;
Inventors:
Christopher Joseph Catt, Southampton, GB;
Mark John Robbins, Eastleigh, GB;
Assignee:
GE Aviation Systems Limited, Cheltenham, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 13/00 (2006.01); B64C 9/00 (2006.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01); B64F 5/00 (2006.01); B64C 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 5/0045 (2013.01); B64D 45/00 (2013.01); B64F 5/00 (2013.01); B64C 9/00 (2013.01); B64C 19/00 (2013.01); B64C 13/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of predicting a horizontal stabilizer system fault in an aircraft, where the method includes receiving data relevant to a characteristic of the pitch of the aircraft during flight, comparing the received data to a reference pitch characteristic, predicting a fault in the horizontal stabilizer system based on the comparison, and providing an indication of the predicted fault.