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US 12,595,043 B2Granted
Flight control system
AssigneeAnimal Dynamics Limited
InventorsAdrian Thomas, Simon Gilbert
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Abstract
A flight control system (20) comprising: • at least one drive unit (4); • at least one wing (5) operatively connected to the at least one drive unit; and • a controller (21) configured to: • send a control signal to the at least one drive unit to operate the at least one drive unit through a demanded motion; • receive a feedback signal indicative of the actual motion of the at least one drive unit; and • compare the actual motion to the demanded motion to determine a motion error of the at least one drive unit.
Claims17
A flight control system comprising:
- at least one drive unit;
- at least one wing operatively connected to the at least one drive unit;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- send a control signal to the at least one drive unit to operate the at least one drive unit through a demanded motion;
- receive a feedback signal indicative of the actual motion of the at least one drive unit;
- and
- compare the actual motion to the demanded motion to determine a motion error of the at least one drive unit,
- wherein the drive unit is a rotary drive unit configured to oscillate, and the motion is one of angular displacement, angular velocity, angular acceleration, rate of rotation and rotary acceleration.
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