Systems and methods for controlling a variable camber flight control system of an aircraft in a cruise flight phase
AssigneeBombardier Inc.
InventorKurt Sermeus
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Abstract
The disclosed systems and methods for controlling a variable camber (VC) flight control system of an aircraft in a cruise flight phase, comprising: i) in response to a first input from a user, operating the VC flight control system in a first mode, the first mode configured to operate the aircraft according to a passenger comfort goal, by maintaining a deck angle of the aircraft at a low and substantially constant value; and ii) in response to a second input from the user, operating the VC flight control system in a second mode, the second mode configured to operate the aircraft according to an efficiency goal.
Claims11
A method for controlling a variable camber (VC) flight control system of an aircraft in a cruise flight phase, comprising:
- in response to a first input from a user, operating the VC flight control system in a first mode, the first mode configured to operate the aircraft according to a passenger comfort goal, by maintaining a deck angle of the aircraft at a low and substantially constant value;
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- in response to a second input from the user, operating the VC flight control system in a second mode, the second mode configured to operate the aircraft according to an efficiency goal,
- wherein the user is a passenger of the aircraft and the VC flight control system is accessible by the passenger through a display screen in a fuselage, and wherein a maximum remaining duration of the first mode adjusted depending on a fuel consumption of the aircraft is displayed to the passenger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.