Measured fuselage pitch-based control surface adjustments
AssigneesToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTom M. Neuman, Frank K. Kozel
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving lift and efficiency in an aircraft by adjusting the pitch of a fuselage in a free-wing aircraft. In one embodiment, a method includes determining, based on an input objective, a target fuselage pitch for a fuselage of an aircraft. A wing assembly of the aircraft rotates about a pitch axis of the aircraft independently from the fuselage. The method also includes measuring a fuselage pitch of the fuselage. The method also includes altering an angle of a control surface of the aircraft based on a difference between the target fuselage pitch and the fuselage pitch.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- determine, based on an input objective, a target fuselage pitch for a fuselage of an aircraft, a wing assembly of the aircraft rotates about a pitch axis of the aircraft independently from the fuselage;
- measure a fuselage pitch of the fuselage;
- and
- alter an angle of a control surface of the fuselage based on a difference between the target fuselage pitch and the fuselage pitch.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- determine, based on an input objective, a target fuselage pitch for a fuselage of an aircraft, a wing assembly of the aircraft rotates about a pitch axis of the aircraft independently from the fuselage;
- measure a fuselage pitch of the fuselage;
- and
- alter an angle of a control surface of the fuselage based on a difference between the target fuselage pitch and the fuselage pitch.
A method, comprising:
- determining, based on an input objective, a target fuselage pitch for a fuselage of an aircraft, a wing assembly of the aircraft rotates about a pitch axis of the aircraft independently from the fuselage;
- measuring a fuselage pitch of the fuselage;
- and
- altering an angle of a control surface of the aircraft based on a difference between the target fuselage pitch and the fuselage pitch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.