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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2014
Applicant:
Bombardier Inc., Dorval, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
BOMBARDIER INC., Dorval, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B64C 13/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0061 (2013.01); G05D 1/0077 (2013.01); B64C 13/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a fly-by-wire type of aircraft flight control system having a pair of sidesticks for pilot and co-pilot input, respectively, and having logic that controls the priority of input as between the two sidesticks in certain aircraft flight situations. It allows either the pilot or co-pilot to ensure that his/her sidestick is the only one issuing flight control commands at any one moment in time by first pressing a simple latch button located, for example, on the glareshield in the cockpit and then maneuvering the sidestick in the desired manner to effectuate flight control, e.g., pitch and/or roll, of the aircraft.