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US 2015/0083850 A1Published application
System and method for optimizing performance of an aircraft
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsMatthew A. Moser, Michael R. Finn, Mark J. Gardner, Robert M. Murphy, Adam Thoreen
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Abstract
A system for optimizing performance of an aircraft may include a flight control computer for computing an optimum flap setting based on aircraft data. The system may further include a flap control system having a flap control device. The system may additionally include a flap actuation system coupled to the flap control system for positioning the trailing edge device at the optimum flap setting.
Claims20
A system for optimizing performance of an aircraft, comprising:
- a flight control computer configured to compute an optimum flap setting based on aircraft data;
- a flap control system having a flap control device;
- and
- a flap actuation system coupled to the flap control system and being configured to position a trailing edge device at the optimum flap setting.
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An aircraft comprising:
- a wing having a trailing edge device mounted to a trailing edge;
- a system for optimizing a flap setting of the flap, comprising:
- a processor-based flight control computer configured to compute an optimum flap setting based on aircraft data;
- a flap control system having a flap control device and a variable-trailing-edge-position switch for selecting a desired flap setting corresponding to the optimum flap setting, the variable-trailing-edge-position switch being operative when the flap control device is in a control device position;
- and
- a flap actuation system coupled to the flap control system and being configured to position the trailing edge device at the desired flap setting.
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A method of optimizing performance of an aircraft, comprising:
- determining an optimum flap setting based on aircraft data;
- selecting a desired flap setting corresponding to the optimum flap setting;
- and
- positioning a trailing edge device at the desired flap setting.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.