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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2013
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Adam Marshall Thoreen, Lake Stevens, WA (US);
Joshua Jay Baer, Shoreline, WA (US);
Joseph Adam Sikora, Seattle, WA (US);
Matthew August Lassen, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael Edwin Foster, Bellingham, WA (US);
Timothy P. Gallagher, Granite Falls, WA (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for a wingtip control system. The wingtip control system comprises a switch system for a flight deck of an aircraft and a controller. The switch system is configured to be placed into an armed state and generate an armed signal. The controller is in communication with the switch system. The controller is configured to receive the armed signal from the switch system, visually indicate a desired position for a wingtip of the aircraft in the switch system in response to an event occurring during operation of the aircraft, and generate a movement command to move the wingtip.