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AssigneeOnStation Corporation
InventorsLewis Allen Whaley, Mark Richard Jean
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Aircraft performance modification system including a center-of-gravity (CG) subsystem and processor system(s) operatively integrated with components of the aircraft. The CG subsystem is configured to adjust the location of the aircraft CG within, and at times outside, a range of CG locations specific to the aircraft. The processor system(s) is/are configured to manage and concurrently adjust the aircraft CG, aircraft flight controls settings, and aircraft engine power control settings to manipulate control forces about one or more axes of the aircraft, and for automatically or autonomously controlling adjustments to (i) the aircraft CG such that the CG location is within, and at times outside, the range of CG locations, (ii) movement and positions of aircraft flight control surfaces, and (iii) aircraft engine(s) output power, to reduce drag by providing/controlling aircraft configurations that result in adjusted drag, yielding flight performance improvements attributable to decreased drag, and to prevent a stalled condition.
An aircraft performance modification system for modifying performance of an aircraft, the aircraft being characterized by an aircraft center-of-gravity (CG), an aircraft longitudinal axis that passes through the aircraft CG and parallel to a line from nose to tail, an aircraft lateral axis that passes through the aircraft CG and parallel to a line from wingtip to wingtip, and an aircraft vertical axis that passes through the aircraft CG at right angles to the aircraft longitudinal axis and the aircraft lateral axis, the aircraft comprising aircraft components that comprise fuel tanks, one or more aircraft fuel control systems, aircraft flight controls, aircraft flight control surfaces, one or more aircraft flight control systems, aircraft flight controls settings, one or more aircraft engine(s), one or more aircraft engine power setting control systems, and aircraft engine power control settings, the aircraft performance modification system comprising:
An aircraft performance modification system for modifying performance of an aircraft, the aircraft being characterized by an aircraft center-of-gravity (CG), an aircraft longitudinal axis that passes through the aircraft CG and parallel to a line from nose to tail, an aircraft lateral axis that passes through the aircraft CG and parallel to a line from wingtip to wingtip, and an aircraft vertical axis that passes through the aircraft CG at right angles to the aircraft longitudinal axis and the aircraft lateral axis, the aircraft comprising aircraft components that comprise aircraft flight control surfaces, one or more aircraft engine(s), aircraft flight controls settings, and aircraft engine power control settings, the aircraft performance modification system comprising:
A method for modifying performance of an aircraft, the aircraft being characterized by an aircraft center-of-gravity (CG), an aircraft longitudinal axis that passes through the aircraft CG and parallel to a line from nose to tail, the aircraft comprising aircraft components that comprise aircraft flight control surfaces, one or more aircraft engine(s), aircraft flight controls settings, and aircraft engine power control settings, the method comprising:
An aircraft performance modification system for modifying performance of an aircraft, the aircraft being characterized by an aircraft center-of-gravity (CG), an aircraft longitudinal axis that passes through the aircraft CG and parallel to a line from nose to tail, an aircraft lateral axis that passes through the aircraft CG and parallel to a line from wingtip to wingtip, and an aircraft vertical axis that passes through the aircraft CG at right angles to the aircraft longitudinal axis and the aircraft lateral axis, the aircraft comprising aircraft components that comprise fuel tanks, one or more aircraft fuel control systems, aircraft flight controls, aircraft flight control surfaces, one or more aircraft flight control systems, aircraft flight controls settings, one or more aircraft engine(s), one or more aircraft engine power setting control systems, and aircraft engine power control settings, the aircraft performance modification system comprising:
An aircraft performance modification system for modifying performance of an aircraft, the aircraft being characterized by an aircraft center-of-gravity (CG), an aircraft longitudinal axis that passes through the aircraft CG and parallel to a line from nose to tail, an aircraft lateral axis that passes through the aircraft CG and parallel to a line from wingtip to wingtip, and an aircraft vertical axis that passes through the aircraft CG at right angles to the aircraft longitudinal axis and the aircraft lateral axis, the aircraft comprising aircraft components that comprise aircraft flight control surfaces, one or more aircraft engine(s), aircraft flight controls settings, and aircraft engine power control settings, the aircraft performance modification system comprising:
A method for modifying performance of an aircraft, the aircraft being characterized by an aircraft center-of-gravity (CG), an aircraft longitudinal axis that passes through the aircraft CG and parallel to a line from nose to tail, the aircraft comprising aircraft components that comprise aircraft flight control surfaces, one or more aircraft engine(s), aircraft flight controls settings, and aircraft engine power control settings, the method comprising:
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