Automated and user assisted autorotation for air vehicle
AssigneeSkyryse, Inc.
InventorsMark Daniel Groden, Will Fulton, Rushabh Chandrakant Patel, Justin Mark Ryan
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Abstract
An emergency module may determine the occurrence of an autorotation condition for a rotary wing air vehicle controlled by a user. The emergency module may, responsive to determining the occurrence of the autorotation condition, control the air vehicle to enter into an autorotation. The emergency module may perform one or more non-user actions during the autorotation to assist the user with the autorotation. The emergency module may, while performing the one or more non-user actions during the autorotation, allow the user to maneuver the air vehicle by interacting one or more control interfaces of the air vehicle.
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A method comprising:
- determining, based on an engine torque of an air vehicle or rotations per minute (RPM) of a rotor of the air vehicle, occurrence of an autorotation condition for the air vehicle controlled by a user, wherein the air vehicle is a rotary wing air vehicle;
- responsive to determining the occurrence of the autorotation condition, controlling the air vehicle to enter into an autorotation;
- performing one or more non-user actions during the autorotation to assist the user with the autorotation, the one or more non-user actions comprising:
- determining an airspeed of the air vehicle using vehicle sensors of the air vehicle, and
- maintaining an RPM of the rotor of the air vehicle based on the determined airspeed;
- and
- while performing the one or more non-user actions during the autorotation, allowing the user to maneuver the air vehicle by interacting with one or more control interfaces of the air vehicle.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising stored instructions which, when executed by a computing system, cause the computing system to perform operations comprising:
- determining, based on an engine torque of an air vehicle or an RPM of a rotor of the air vehicle, occurrence of an autorotation condition for the air vehicle controlled by a user, wherein the air vehicle is a rotary wing air vehicle;
- responsive to determining the occurrence of the autorotation condition, controlling the air vehicle to enter into an autorotation using rotor blades of the rotor;
- performing one or more non-user actions during the autorotation to assist the user with the autorotation, the one or more non-user actions comprising:
- determining an airspeed of the air vehicle using vehicle sensors of the air vehicle, and
- maintaining an RPM of the rotor of the air vehicle based on the determined airspeed;
- and
- while performing the one or more non-user actions during the autorotation, allowing the user to maneuver the air vehicle by interacting with one or more control interfaces of the air vehicle.
A computing system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising stored instructions which, when executed by a the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- determining, based on an engine torque of an air vehicle or an RPM of a rotor of the air vehicle, occurrence of an autorotation condition for the air vehicle controlled by a user, wherein the air vehicle is a rotary wing air vehicle;
- responsive to determining the occurrence of the autorotation condition, controlling the air vehicle to enter into an autorotation;
- performing one or more non-user actions during the autorotation to assist the user with the autorotation, the one or more non-user actions comprising:
- determining an airspeed of the air vehicle using vehicle sensors of the air vehicle, and
- maintaining an RPM of the rotor of the air vehicle based on the determined airspeed;
- and
- while performing the one or more non-user actions during the autorotation, allowing the user to maneuver the air vehicle by interacting with one or more control interfaces of the air vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.