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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2013
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Matthew A. Moser, Marysville, WA (US);
Michael R. Finn, Kirkland, WA (US);
Benjamin M. Liu, Bothell, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A system for optimizing a flap setting of an aircraft may include a flap optimizing computer configured to compute an optimum flap setting for one or more flaps of an aircraft. The system may further include a flap control system communicatively coupled to the flap optimizing computer. The flap control system may be operable to select any one of a plurality of flap settings including a designated flap setting. The flap control system may be configured to automatically command the one or more flaps from a first position to a second position corresponding to the optimum flap setting in response to the selection of one of the plurality of flap settings using the flap control system.