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Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 02, 2015
Applicant:

Eit Llc, Sterling, VA (US);

Inventors:

Joe May, Leesburg, VA (US);

Christopher Murdock, Springfield, VA (US);

Assignee:

EIT LLC, Sterling, VA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 45/00 (2006.01); G01P 15/02 (2013.01); G05D 1/08 (2006.01); G01P 15/00 (2006.01); G01P 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 45/00 (2013.01); G01P 15/02 (2013.01); G05D 1/0816 (2013.01); G01P 15/00 (2013.01); G01P 15/0891 (2013.01);
Abstract

A warning system alerts a helicopter pilot that a low-G condition is imminent or occurring. The low-G alert employs an accelerometer to detect a vertical acceleration of the aircraft. Higher frequency vibrations in the output of the accelerometer are removed by a filter to provide a clean signal representing vertical acceleration of the aircraft. This signal is processed by a central processing unit (CPU) to perform a threshold detector function. The CPU is configured to detect the possibility of the onset or occurrence of a low-G event. Upon detection, the CPU triggers an audible alert to announce 'Low-G. Pull aft.' or the like until the low-G event has been corrected or avoided.


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