US 2026/0109456 A1Published application

Control system and method for an aircraft

AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH

InventorsFlorian BECHER, Rima URAIQAT

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Abstract

An aircraft including a control system configured to receive: an indication of the deceleration of the aircraft during landing, an indication of a target deceleration level for the aircraft, and an indication of factors that might prevent the aircraft from meeting that target deceleration level. The control system is configured to output a command to indicate to the pilot that the target deceleration level of the aircraft is not being met. The control system is configured to indicate whether this was caused by one of the brake systems of the aircraft being skid-limited or whether the aircraft is achieving maximum available braking and is still not able to meet the target deceleration level. The control system may be retrofitted by the installation of software on an existing aircraft. A method for determining and indicating scenarios that limit the aircraft's ability to decelerate during landing.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A control system for an aircraft, the aircraft having a brake system that is configured to issue a command for a target deceleration level during landing and to limit the braking of the aircraft based on skid conditions being detected, the control system being configured:

to receive, as a first input, an indication from the brake system when an ability of the aircraft to brake is limited;
to receive, as a second input, an indication from the brake system when the aircraft is achieving a maximum available braking;
to receive, as a third input, an indication of a deceleration of the aircraft;
to receive, as a fourth input, an indication of a target deceleration level from the brake system;
to generate based on the first input, the second input, the third input, and the fourth input:
a first output for causing an indication that alerts a pilot to a first scenario in which the deceleration of the aircraft is below the target deceleration level due to the aircraft braking being limited;
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a second output for causing an indication that alerts the pilot to a second scenario in which the deceleration of the aircraft is below the target deceleration level despite the aircraft achieving maximum available braking.

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