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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
May. 01, 2014
Goodrich Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
William A. Veronesi, Hartford, CT (US);
Enrico Manes, Feeding Hills, MA (US);
Michael Anthony Lynch, Shelburne, VT (US);
Stephen E. Tongue, Hampden, MA (US);
Richard Kolk, Troy, OH (US);
Richard Paul Metzger, Troy, OH (US);
Paul Martin Franz, Shelburne, VT (US);
Robert Rudd, III, Vergennes, VT (US);
Goodrich Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A runway traction estimation and reporting method and computer readable medium is provided. Upon detection of a landing event, a runway traction estimation and reporting method provides for various measurements and calculations to estimate the traction of the runway and create a traction map of the runway. A computer readable medium may contain instructions for a runway traction estimation and reporting processor directing the processor to perform various measurements and calculations to estimate the traction of the runway. The processor may communicate with a ground station or with other aircraft to produce collaborative results.