System and method for data recording and transmission for propeller balancing
AssigneePratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
InventorsJennifer Erin Tsang, John Peter O'Malley, III, Peter Lee, Robert Wigny
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Abstract
A data recording and transmission method and system for use in balancing a propeller of an aircraft. The method comprises operating the propeller in-flight, receiving, during operation of the propeller in-flight, vibration data associated with the propeller, retrieving, from a non-volatile memory on-board the aircraft, configuration data associated with the propeller, and transmitting the vibration data and the configuration data to a data processing device configured to determine a balancing solution for the propeller based one the vibration data and the configuration data.
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A data recording and transmission method for use in balancing a propeller of an aircraft, the method comprising:
- operating the propeller in-flight;
- receiving, during operation of the propeller in-flight, vibration data associated with the propeller;
- storing configuration data associated with the propeller in a non-volatile memory of an engine data acquisition and diagnostic device on-board the aircraft;
- retrieving, from the non-volatile memory on-board the aircraft, the configuration data associated with the propeller;
- transmitting the vibration data and the configuration data to a data processing device configured to determine a balancing solution for the propeller based on the vibration data and the configuration data;
- receiving, from the data processing device, at least one update to the configuration data;
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- modifying the configuration data stored in the non-volatile memory according to the at least one update.
A data recording and transmission system for use in balancing a propeller of an aircraft, the system comprising:
- a processing unit provided in a data acquisition and transmission unit of the aircraft;
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- a memory communicatively coupled to the processing unit, the memory comprising a non-volatile memory, the memory comprising computer-readable program instructions executable by the processing unit for:
- receiving, during operation of the propeller in-flight, vibration data associated with the propeller;
- storing configuration data associated with the propeller in a non-volatile memory on-board the aircraft;
- retrieving, from the non-volatile memory on-board the aircraft, the configuration data associated with the propeller;
- transmitting the vibration data and the configuration data to a data processing device configured to determine a balancing solution for the propeller based on the vibration data and the configuration data;
- receiving, from the data processing device, at least one update to the configuration data;
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- modifying the configuration data stored in the non-volatile memory according to the at least one update.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-readable program instructions for data recording and transmission for use in balancing a propeller of an aircraft, the instructions executable by a processor for:
- receiving, during operation of the propeller in-flight, vibration data associated with the propeller;
- storing configuration data associated with the propeller in a non-volatile memory of an engine data acquisition and diagnostic device on-board the aircraft;
- retrieving, from the non-volatile memory on-board the aircraft, the configuration data associated with the propeller;
- transmitting the vibration data and the configuration data to a data processing device configured to determine a balancing solution for the propeller based on the vibration data and the configuration data;
- receiving, from the data processing device, at least one update to the configuration data;
- and
- modifying the configuration data stored in the non-volatile memory according to the at least one update.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.