Automated takeoff system for an aircraft
AssigneeRockwell Collins, Inc.
InventorKrishna Pandey
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Abstract
An automated take-off system for an aircraft includes a processing circuit an automated braking system of the aircraft, the automated braking system configured to cause the aircraft to stop. The processing circuit is configured to determine whether the speed of the aircraft less than a VR speed and an aircraft failure event has occurred and determine whether to abort the takeoff or continue the takeoff in response to determining that the speed of the aircraft is less than the VR speed and that the aircraft failure event has occurred. The processing circuit is configured to cause the automated braking system to stop the aircraft in response to determining to abort the takeoff.
Claims9
An automated take-off system for an aircraft, the system comprising:
- an automated braking system of the aircraft, the braking system configured to cause the aircraft to stop;
- a pilot interface;
- a sensor system configured to detect a one engine inoperative event and a tire failure event;
- and
- a processing circuit configured to determine whether to abort the takeoff or continue the takeoff based on the speed of the aircraft and a remaining runway length, comprising:
- a fault monitor configured to:
- receive information from the sensor system and a flight management system;
- and
- determine whether a fault event has occurred from a set of fault events wherein the set of fault events includes the one engine failure event, the tire failure event, and an improper configuration event;
- and
- a VSpeed circuit configured to determine a VR speed and a V1 speed based on a set of conditions comprising runway length, an aircraft weight, weather conditions, runway conditions, flap settings, and thrust settings, the processing circuit further configured to:
- receive input from the pilot interface and input from one or more avionics systems of the aircraft;
- determine a stopping distance of the aircraft based on at least the speed of the aircraft;
- determine the remaining runway length;
- compare the stopping distance to the remaining runway length;
- determine whether a speed of the aircraft is less than a VR speed;
- determine to abort the takeoff in response to determining, based on a comparison, that the speed of the aircraft is less than the VR speed and that the fault event has occurred, or determine to abort the takeoff in response to determining, based on the comparison, that the stopping distance is not greater than the remaining runway length;
- determine to continue the takeoff in response to determining, based on the comparison, that the stopping distance is greater than the remaining runway length;
- and
- cause the automated braking system to stop the aircraft in response to determining to abort the takeoff.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.