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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2012
Airbus Operations (Sas), Toulouse, FR;
Airbus Operations (S.A.S.), Toulouse, FR;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for more easily controlling energy of an aircraft. A control interface includes a movable element configured to move along a path, where the path includes two path portions. The path portions are respectively associated with at least two combinations of actuators which affect the energy of the vehicle. At least one of the two combinations of actuators is associated with a current phase of movement of the aircraft. A control unit is configured to generate an energy instruction according to a command associated with a current position of the movable element on one of the two path portions. According to the current phase of movement of the vehicle, the energy instruction is for one of the two combinations of actuators.