Device and method for indicating if an airplane is operating within operating limits
OwnerWilliam J. Alexanderinventor
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Abstract
The present invention provides a device for indicating an operating point of an aircraft comprising a sensor to measure air speed and a sensor to measure vertical acceleration. The device also comprises a processor in communicative connection with each of the airspeed sensor and the vertical acceleration sensor. The processor is also in communicative connection with a display. The display presents an operating envelope diagram of the aircraft. The display also displays the current operating point of the aircraft relative to the operating envelope diagram. The present invention also provides a method for indicating an operating point of an aircraft in which the operating envelope diagram and the measured operating point of the aircraft are displayed upon the same display.
Claims18
A device for indicating an operating point of an aircraft, the device comprising:
- a. a sensor to measure air speed;
- b. a sensor to measure vertical acceleration;
- c. a processor in communicative connection with the airspeed sensor and the vertical acceleration sensor;
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- d. a display in communicative connection with the processor, the display displaying an operating envelope diagram for the aircraft, the display also displaying a measured airspeed and a measured vertical acceleration of the aircraft relative to the operating envelope diagram.
A method for indicating an operating point of an aircraft, the method comprising the steps of:
- a. measuring an air speed of the aircraft;
- b. measuring a vertical acceleration of the aircraft;
- c. displaying an operating envelope diagram of the aircraft;
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- d. displaying the measured airspeed and the measured vertical acceleration of the aircraft relative to the operating envelope diagram.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.