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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2012
Applicants:
Austin Fang, Fairfield, CT (US);
Steven P. Lozano, Wolcott, CT (US);
Inventors:
Austin Fang, Fairfield, CT (US);
Steven P. Lozano, Wolcott, CT (US);
Assignee:
SIRKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Stratford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 45/00 (2006.01); B64C 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 45/00 (2013.01); B64C 27/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
A blade tracking system for a rotary wing aircraft includes a blade sensor mounted on a blade of the rotary wing aircraft, the blade sensor wirelessly transmitting blade data; a reference sensor mounted to the rotary wing aircraft, the blade driven by the rotor hub, the reference sensor transmitting reference data; and a processor receiving the blade data and the reference data, the processor determining at least one of lead-lag, flap and pitch of the blade in response to the blade data and the reference data.