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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2014
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abraham J. Pachikara, Bothell, WA (US);
Matthew A. Moser, Marysville, WA (US);
Paul H. Carpenter, Renton, WA (US);
Michael R. Finn, Kirkland, WA (US);
Thomas S. Koch, Seattle, WA (US);
Stefan R. Bieniawski, Seattle, WA (US);
Brian T. Whitehead, Renton, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Closed loop control of control surfaces is described herein. One disclosed example method includes measuring a flight metric of an aircraft during flight and calculating, using a processor, a deflection of a control surface of the aircraft based on the flight metric. The disclosed example method also includes adjusting the deflection to an effective deflection level based on the calculated deflection to reduce a drag coefficient of the aircraft.