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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2011
Kevin Thomas Christensen, Plano, TX (US);
Shyhpyng Jack Shue, Grapevine, TX (US);
Troy Sheldon Caudill, Burleson, TX (US);
Kevin Thomas Christensen, Plano, TX (US);
Shyhpyng Jack Shue, Grapevine, TX (US);
Troy Sheldon Caudill, Burleson, TX (US);
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Abstract
A flight control system and method for controlling the vertical flight path of an aircraft, the flight control system includes a stable decoupled model having a decoupled lateral equation of motion and a decoupled longitudinal equation of motion and a feedback command loop operably associated with the stable decoupled model. The feedback command loop includes a vertical flight path angle control law; an altitude control law; and a vertical speed control law.