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US 2010/0168939 A1Published application
Module for integrated approach to an offshore facility
AssigneeSikorsky Aircraft Corporation
InventorsRonald S. Doeppner, Donald W. Fowler, Stephen P. Lee, Lan Hoang, Anil Mehra
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Abstract
A system and method to facilitate approach of a VTOL aircraft to an offshore facility includes inputting a waypoint for a landing platform of an offshore facility into an aircraft module, inputting an offset distance from the landing platform into the aircraft module, inputting a minimum descent height into an aircraft module, and inputting a final approach inbound course toward the landing platform into the aircraft module.
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A method to facilitate approach of a VTOL aircraft to an offshore facility comprising:
- inputting a waypoint for a landing platform of an offshore facility into an aircraft module;
- inputting an offset distance from the landing platform into the aircraft module;
- inputting a final approach inbound course toward the landing platform into the aircraft module;
- inputting an approach descent height for a final descent toward the landing platform into the aircraft module;
- determining an Initial Approach Fix (IAF) and a Final Approach Fix (FAF) in response to the waypoint, the offset distance, the final approach inbound course, and approach descent height with the aircraft module;
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- directing the aircraft to the Initial Approach Fix (IAF) in response to the aircraft module.
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An aircraft system, comprising:
- a rig approach module which directs an aircraft to an Initial Approach Fix (IAF) downwind of a Final Approach Fix (FAF), the Initial Approach Fix (IAF) and the Final Approach Fix (FAF) determined in response to a waypoint for a landing platform of an offshore facility, an offset distance from the landing platform input, a final approach inbound course toward the landing platform input and an approach descent height input.
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