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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2011
David A. Gribble, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
David L. Leedom, Center Point, IA (US);
Colin D. Reed, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
David A. Gribble, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
David L. Leedom, Center Point, IA (US);
Colin D. Reed, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a flight controls system and a method for navigating an aircraft via the flight controls system implemented on-board an aircraft. The flight controls system may provide a first mode for allowing the aircraft to be autonomously navigated safely to a loiter zone in the event the pilot becomes incapacitated or unable to operate the aircraft. Further, the flight controls system may provide a second mode for providing autonomous landing functionality for the aircraft when the engines of the aircraft have failed.