Power surge landing system
AssigneeKitty Hawk Corporation
InventorsDamon Vander Lind, Gregory Mainland Horn, Thomas Van Alsenoy
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AssigneeKitty Hawk Corporation
InventorsDamon Vander Lind, Gregory Mainland Horn, Thomas Van Alsenoy
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An aircraft landing system is disclosed. In various embodiments, an aircraft landing system as disclosed herein includes a processor that determines to start a final stage of descent for the aircraft. The processor determines a set of commands for actuators of the aircraft, based on the determination to start the final stage of descent, to flare the aircraft while wings of the aircraft are substantially in a forward flight position followed by transitioning to a vertical tilt position and completing the landing in substantially vertical flight. The commands are provided to the actuators of the aircraft.
An aircraft landing system, comprising:
A method for landing an aircraft, comprising:
A computer program product for landing an aircraft, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:
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