Method for setting the mass of a load to be transported by an aircraft
AssigneesAirbus Helicopters, Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH
InventorsThomas Razafimahefa, Damien Gavios, Pierre Bouchard, Carl Ockier
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Abstract
A method for setting, in an aircraft, a calculation mass relative to a load to be transported by a hooking system of the aircraft. The method comprises: detecting whether a current state of the aircraft is a flight state with the load to be transported attached to the hooking system and, if so, displaying a proposed mass on a display, validating the proposed mass using a validation interface in order to assign the proposed mass to the calculation mass, or, if the proposed mass is not validated at the end of a predetermined condition, assigning a predetermined mass to the calculation mass.
Claims20
A method for setting, in an aircraft, a calculation mass taken into consideration by an avionics system of the aircraft, the calculation mass being relative to a load to be transported carried by a hooking system of the aircraft, the avionics system having a display,
- wherein the method comprises:
- detecting that a current state of the aircraft is a flight state with the load to be transported attached to the hooking system;
- displaying a proposed mass on the display;
- after displaying a proposed mass on the display, validating the proposed mass using a validation interface, the proposed mass being assigned to the calculation mass;
- or
- if the proposed mass is not validated at the end of a predetermined condition, assigning a predetermined mass greater than zero to the calculation mass.
A method for setting, in an aircraft, a calculation mass used by an avionics system of the aircraft, the calculation mass corresponding to a load carried by a hooking system of the aircraft, the avionics system having a display,
- wherein the method comprises:
- detecting that a current state of the aircraft is a flight state with the load attached to the hooking system;
- displaying a proposed mass on the display;
- after displaying the proposed mass on the display, validating the proposed mass using a validation interface, the proposed mass assigned to the calculation mass;
- or
- if the proposed mass is not validated at the end of a predetermined condition, assigning a predetermined mass greater than zero to the calculation mass.
A method for setting, in an aircraft, a calculation mass used by an avionics system of the aircraft, the calculation mass corresponding to a load to be transported carried by a hooking system of the aircraft, the avionics system having a display,
- wherein the method comprises:
- detecting that the aircraft is in flight with the load attached to the hooking system;
- displaying a proposed mass on the display;
- and
- after displaying the proposed mass on the display, either validating or not validating the proposed mass, if the proposed mass is validated, validating the proposed mass using a validation interface, the proposed mass being assigned to the calculation mass, if the proposed mass is not validated, assigning a predetermined mass greater than zero to the calculation mass.
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