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AssigneesSafran Landing Systems, Safran Landing Systems Canada Inc.
InventorsAndrew Michael Ellis, Graeme Peter Arthur Klim, Thibaud Mazoue
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In some embodiments, a control unit for a vehicle is provided. The vehicle may be a maglev vehicle. The control unit is configured to autonomously control positions of landing gear on the vehicle that are extendible and retractable. In some embodiments, the control unit is configured to detect a change in a weight-on-wheels state of the vehicle, and to transition between passively controlling extension or retraction of the landing gear and actively controlling the extension distance of the landing gear in order to maintain a desired distance between the vehicle and a levitation mechanism.
A control unit for a vehicle, the control unit configured with logic that, in response to execution by the control unit, cause the control unit to perform actions comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a control unit of a vehicle, cause the control unit to perform actions comprising:
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