Force equalization with non-responsive sensor detection

A vehicle computer system comprising a processor and memory, wherein the processor and the memory in combination are operable to perform a method of managing force equalization (FEQ), the method comprising:

• determining, via a force sensor, a first measured force applied by a first actuation system in relation to a control surface, wherein the control surface is redundantly serviced by a plurality of actuation systems comprising the first actuation system;
• updating a measured-force time series for the first actuation system with the first measured force;
• determining variation in at least a portion of the measured-force time series responsive to the updating;
• and
• identifying a first static condition in the measured-force time series in response to a determination that the variation in the measured-force time series is no greater than a minimum amount of variation.

A computer-program product comprising a non-transitory computer-usable medium having computer-readable program code embodied therein, the computer-readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method of managing force equalization (FEQ), the method comprising:

• determining, via a force sensor, a first measured force applied by a first actuation system in relation to a control surface, wherein the control surface is redundantly serviced by a plurality of actuation systems comprising the first actuation system;
• updating a measured-force time series for the first actuation system with the first measured force;
• determining variation in at least a portion of the measured-force time series responsive to the updating;
• and
• identifying a first static condition in the measured-force time series in response to a determination that the variation in the measured-force time series is no greater than a minimum amount of variation.