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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2010
Carsten Weber, Bremen, DE;
Markus Fischer, Weyhe, DE;
Arnaud Namer, Toulouse, FR;
Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Airbus Operations (S.A.S.), Toulouse, FR;
Abstract
An aircraft including a device for influencing the directional stability of the aircraft is provided. The device includes a control-input device; a flight control device; a sensor device for acquiring the rotation rates, including the yaw rates, of the aircraft; and at least one actuator, which is coupled with ailerons, spoilers, an elevator and a rudder. The flight control device includes a control function generating adjusting commands for the actuators for controlling the aircraft according to control commands. The aircraft includes two tail-mounted flaps, each including an actuator connected with the flight control device, situated symmetrically to each other and on opposite sides of the fuselage, and movable between retracted and extended positions. The control function is designed such that the adjusting commands that are generated on the basis of the control commands depending on the acquired rotation rates include adjusting commands to the actuators of the tail-mounted flaps.