Landing gear system operation
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsSean Kerr, David Marles
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Abstract
An aircraft landing gear control system 1000 configured to be operably connected to one or more landing gear systems 30, 40 of an aircraft. The aircraft landing gear control system includes a controller 20 configured to: send at least one output for initiating operation of the one or more landing gear systems; determine whether at least one landing gear system of the one or more landing gear systems has failed to operate correctly in response to the at least one output; and determine at least one remedial action to be taken, when the controller determines that the at least one landing gear system has failed to operate correctly.
Claims20
An aircraft landing gear control system configured to be operably connected to one or more landing gear systems of an aircraft, the aircraft landing gear control system comprising a controller that is configured to:
- send at least one output for initiating operation of the one or more landing gear systems;
- determine whether at least one landing gear system of the one or more landing gear systems has failed to operate correctly in response to the at least one output;
- and
- determine at least one remedial action to be taken when the controller determines that the at least one landing gear system has failed to operate correctly;
- determine one or more reasons for the at least one landing gear system to have failed to operate correctly;
- and
- determine the at least one remedial action to be taken, on the basis of the one or more reasons.
An aircraft landing gear control system configured to be operably connected to one or more landing gear systems of an aircraft, the aircraft landing gear control system comprising a controller that is configured to:
- send at least one output for initiating operation of the one or more landing gear systems;
- determine whether at least one landing gear system of the one or more landing gear systems has failed to operate correctly in response to the at least one output;
- determine at least one remedial action to be taken when the controller determines that the at least one landing gear system has failed to operate correctly;
- send the at least one output for initiating operation of the one or more landing gear systems according to a first procedure;
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- determine at least one remedial action to be taken that comprises sending at least one output for initiating operation of the at least one landing gear system according to a second procedure different to the first procedure.
A method of controlling one or more landing gear systems of an aircraft using a controller of the aircraft, the method comprising:
- the controller issuing at least one output for causing operation of the one or more landing gear systems;
- the controller determining whether at least one of the one or more landing gear systems has failed to operate correctly in response to the at least one output;
- and
- the controller determining at least one remedial action to be taken, when the controller determines that the at least one landing gear system has failed to operate correctly in response to the at least one output;
- the controller determining one or more reasons for the at least one landing gear system to have failed to have operated correctly;
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- the controller determining the at least one remedial action to be taken on the basis of the one or more reasons.
A controller for an aircraft landing gear control system, wherein the controller is configured to:
- perform one or more actions for initiating actuation of a landing gear system;
- and
- then determine one or more processes to be initiated, when the controller determines that the landing gear system has failed to actuate correctly as a result of the one or more actions having been performed;
- determine one or more reasons for the at least one landing gear system to have failed to actuate correctly;
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- determine the one or more processes to be initiated on the basis of the one or more reasons.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.