Drive assembly for driving a movable flow body of an aircraft

A drive assembly for driving a movable flow body of an aircraft, the drive assembly comprising:

• an electric motor having a first set of windings and a second set of windings, wherein the first set of windings and the second set of windings are independent from each other,
• a first motor control electronics unit coupled with the first set of windings and a control computer,
• a second motor control electronics unit coupled with the second set of windings and the control computer,
• a first actuator configured to be coupled with a first section of the movable flow body,
• a second actuator configured to be coupled with a second section of the same movable flow body,
• a first transmission shaft, and
• a second transmission shaft,
• wherein the first and second transmission shafts each have a first end and a second end,
• wherein the electric motor is coupled with the first end of the first transmission shaft and the first end of the second transmission shaft to rotate both transmission shafts synchronously,
• wherein the second end of the first transmission shaft is coupled with the first actuator,
• wherein the second end of the second transmission shaft is coupled with the second actuator,
• wherein at least one position pickup unit is coupled with, and located within, at least one of the first and second actuators,
• wherein the at least one position pickup unit is coupled with the control computer, and
• wherein the drive assembly is configured to selectively move and hold the movable flow body into a plurality of extended positions and a retracted position relative to a fixed structural component of the aircraft by selectively moving and holding the first actuator and the second actuator.