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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
May. 04, 2015
Applicant:
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, CT (US);
Inventors:
Matthew A. White, Milford, CT (US);
Matthew T. Luszcz, Hamden, CT (US);
Assignee:
SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Stratford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 11/34 (2006.01); B64C 11/40 (2006.01); B64C 27/82 (2006.01); B64C 11/30 (2006.01); B64C 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/006 (2013.01); B64C 11/305 (2013.01); B64C 11/34 (2013.01); B64C 11/40 (2013.01); B64C 27/82 (2013.01); B64C 2027/8236 (2013.01);
Abstract
An aircraft is provided and includes one or more main rotors, one or more and propellers including blades that are rotatable about a rotational axis, a pitch of each of the blades being controllable, and a flight control computer disposed to control the pitch of each of the blades to reduce propeller blade pitch angles in an event of an engine failure.