Rejoining trajectory adjustment method for aircraft
AssigneeThales
InventorsBenoit Dacre-Wright, Didier Poisson, Guy Deker, Vincent Savarit
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Abstract
A method is provided for adjusting a flight plan rejoining trajectory of an aircraft, the method being implemented in a flight management system of the aircraft. In a first step, the rejoining trajectory comprises a guidance setpoint holding point to be reached situated in the extension of a guidance setpoint, and set manually or automatically, the guidance setpoint no longer being necessarily maintained when this setpoint holding point is passed. This first step can be preceded by a step of rejoining a guidance setpoint or a step of searching for the intersection of the current guidance setpoint trajectory with a segment of the flight plan.
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A method for adjusting a flight plan rejoining trajectory of an aircraft, said method being implemented in a flight management system of said aircraft, the method comprising:
- in a first step, adjusting a rejoining trajectory such that the rejoining trajectory comprises a guidance setpoint holding point to be reached situated in an extension of a guidance setpoint, said guidance setpoint not belonging to the flight plan, said guidance setpoint holding point corresponding to a geographic point along the guidance setpoint, said geographic point being defined by a distance, by a time duration, by an altitude variation, or by an altitude to be reached,
- wherein the guidance setpoint no longer being maintained when the setpoint holding point is passed;
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- wherein from the guidance setpoint holding point, the rejoining trajectory is computed in such a way that said rejoining trajectory returns to a waypoint of the flight plan as early as possible.
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