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US 6,386,485 B1Granted
Arrangement and method for regulating the steering force in a mechanical steering system for an aircraft
AssigneeSaab AB
InventorAnders Sjöquist
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AssigneeSaab AB
InventorAnders Sjöquist
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The present invention relates to an arrangement and a method in a mechanical control system of an aircraft. From the cockpit of the aircraft control surfaces (1) of the aircraft can be acted upon via the control system by means of at least one control element (3), for example a wheel, a control column or a pair of pedals operatively connected to the control system. A servomotor (5) together with sensors is also connected to the control system. The sensors are designed, when acted upon by the control element (3), to detect the torque exerted on the control element (3) by a force applied thereto, the trim angle of the control element and the angular velocity with which the action occurs. The arrangement comprises a control device (9) which, on the basis of the conditions detected by the sensors, is designed to control the servomotor (5) so that a ratio between the force applied to the control element (3) and the trim angle of the control element assumes a desired, essentially constant value.
A system for mechanical control of an aircraft, the system comprising:
A system for mechanically controlling an aircraft in which the aircraft comprises control surfaces operable to steer the aircraft and at least one control element operable to act upon the control surfaces from a cockpit of the aircraft, the system comprising:
A method for regulating a force applied to a control element of a mechanical system for controlling control surfaces of an aircraft to produce a desired trim angle, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.