Systems and methods for flight control system using simulator data
AssigneeBeta Air, LLC
InventorHerman Wiegman
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Abstract
A system for flight control system using simulator data for an electric aircraft is presented. The system includes a computing device, the computing device configured to receive a plurality of measured flight data, simulate a plurality of aircraft performance model outputs as a function of a flight simulator and the plurality of measured flight data, determine a moment datum as a function of the plurality of measured flight data and the plurality of aircraft performance model outputs, generate an allocation command datum as a function of the moment datum and the plurality of aircraft performance model outputs, and perform a torque allocation on a flight component of a plurality of flight components as a function of the allocation command and the moment datum.
Claims18
A system for flight control system using simulator data for an electric aircraft, the system comprising:
- a computing device, the computing device configured to:
- receive a plurality of measured flight data comprising a desired command;
- simulate a plurality of aircraft performance model outputs as a function of a flight simulator and the plurality of measured flight data;
- generate a plurality of expected aircraft performance model outputs;
- identify a malfunctioning flight component of the electric aircraft as a function of the plurality of measured flight data and the plurality of expected aircraft performance model outputs, wherein identifying the malfunctioning flight component comprises:
- sorting the plurality of expected aircraft performance model outputs based on similarity to the measured flight data;
- determine a moment datum, wherein the moment datum is determined as a function of at least the desired command of the plurality of measured flight data and the plurality of expected aircraft performance model outputs and comprises a plurality of prioritization data, the plurality of prioritization data comprising a prioritization datum corresponding to each of the plurality of aircraft performance model outputs;
- generate an allocation command datum as a function of the moment datum and the plurality of aircraft performance model outputs;
- and
- perform a torque allocation on a flight component of a plurality of flight components as a function of the allocation command datum and the moment datum.
A method for flight control system using simulator data for an electric aircraft, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a computing device, a plurality of measured flight data comprising a desired command;
- simulating a plurality of aircraft performance model outputs as a function of the plurality of measured flight data;
- generating, by the computing device a plurality of expected aircraft performance model outputs;
- identifying, by the computing device, a malfunctioning flight component of the electric aircraft as a function of the plurality of measured flight data and the a plurality of expected aircraft performance model outputs, wherein identifying the malfunctioning flight component comprises:
- sorting, by the computing device, the plurality of expected aircraft performance model outputs based on similarity to the measured flight data;
- determining by the computing device, a moment datum, wherein the moment datum is determined as a function of at least the desired command of the plurality of measured flight data and the plurality of expected aircraft performance model outputs and comprises a plurality of prioritization data, the plurality of prioritization data comprising a prioritization datum corresponding to each of the plurality of aircraft performance model outputs;
- generating by the computing device, an allocation command datum as a function of the moment datum and the plurality of aircraft performance model outputs;
- and
- performing by the computing device, a torque allocation on a flight component of a plurality of flight components as a function of the allocation command datum and the moment datum.
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