System for monitoring energy capability of an electric aircraft and outputting warning messages

A method for using processing circuitry hardware in communication with a memory to monitor energy consumption of an aircraft, wherein the method comprises:

• receiving, by the processing circuitry hardware, aircraft status data that indicates whether one or more fault conditions are present on the aircraft;
• receiving, by the processing circuitry hardware, flight plan data corresponding to a flight plan of the aircraft, wherein the flight plan data includes a planned flight route and weather data corresponding to the planned flight route;
• receiving, by the processing circuitry hardware, battery data indicative of a status of one or more batteries onboard the aircraft, wherein the battery data includes an amount of energy stored by the one or more batteries and a power output capability of the one or more batteries, wherein the amount of energy stored by the one or more batteries represents a capacity of the one or more batteries to cause one or more propulsion devices of the aircraft to perform work, wherein the power output capability of the one or more batteries comprises a current highest rate at which the one or more batteries are configured to cause the one or more propulsion devices to perform work per unit time and a highest rate at which the one or more batteries are expected to be configured to cause the one or more propulsion devices to perform work per unit time at a landing of the flight plan;
• determining, by the processing circuitry hardware, based on the aircraft status data, the flight plan data, and the battery data, a first landing probability that for a vertical landing the highest rate at which the one or more batteries are expected to be configured to cause the one or more propulsion devices to perform work per unit time at the landing of the flight plan is greater than or equal to a first rate of work per unit time;
• determining, by the processing circuitry hardware, a second landing probability that for a conventional landing the highest rate at which the one or more batteries are expected to be configured to cause the one or more propulsion devices to perform work per unit time at the landing of the flight plan is greater than or equal to a second rate of work per unit time;
• comparing, by the processing circuitry hardware, the first landing probability to a landing probability threshold;
• comparing, by the processing circuitry hardware, the second landing probability to the landing probability threshold;
• selecting, by the processing circuitry hardware based on the first landing probability being lower than the landing probability threshold and the second landing probability being greater than the landing probability threshold, an alternate flight plan;
• and
• configuring the aircraft to perform the conventional landing in response to the selected alternate flight plan.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions for causing one or more processors to:

• receive aircraft status data that indicates whether one or more fault conditions are present on an aircraft;
• receive flight plan data corresponding to a flight plan of the aircraft, wherein the flight plan data includes a planned flight route and weather data corresponding to the planned flight route;
• receive battery data indicative of a status of one or more batteries onboard the aircraft, wherein the battery data includes an amount of energy stored by the one or more batteries and a power output capability of the one or more batteries, wherein the amount of energy stored by the one or more batteries represents a capacity of the one or more batteries to cause one or more propulsion devices of the aircraft to perform work, wherein the power output capability of the one or more batteries comprises a current highest rate at which the one or more batteries are configured to cause the one or more propulsion devices to perform work per unit time and a highest rate at which the one or more batteries are expected to be configured to cause the one or more propulsion devices to perform work per unit time at a landing of the flight plan;
• determine, based on the aircraft status data, the flight plan data, and the battery data, a first landing probability that for a vertical landing the highest rate at which the one or more batteries are expected to be configured to cause the one or more propulsion devices to perform work per unit time at the landing of the flight plan is greater than or equal to a first rate of work per unit time;
• determine a second landing probability that for a conventional landing the highest rate at which the one or more batteries are expected to be configured to cause the one or more propulsion devices to perform work per unit time at the landing of the flight plan is greater than or equal to a second rate of work per unit time;
• compare the first landing probability to a landing probability threshold;
• compare the second landing probability to the landing probability threshold;
• select, based on the first landing probability being lower than the landing probability threshold and the second landing probability being greater than the landing probability threshold, an alternate flight plan;
• and
• configure the aircraft to perform the conventional landing in response to the selected alternate flight plan.