Method, system, and computer program product for tactile cueing flight control

A method of determining tactile cueing for a flight control input apparatus, comprising:

• receiving observed parameters relating to the flight envelope of an aircraft including observed parameters relating to an aircraft state;
• converting at least some observed parameters relating to an aircraft state into nondimensional aircraft state parameters;
• predicting flight envelope limiting parameters based on the observed parameters and nondimensional aircraft state parameters;
• determining the most limiting flight envelope limiting parameter;
• and
• determining a tactile cueing position for the flight control input apparatus based on the most limiting parameter.

A computer program product for determining tactile cueing limits for a flight control input apparatus, the computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium and computer-readable code portions stored thereon, the computer-readable codes portions comprising:

• a first executable portion adapted to convert dimensional aircraft state parameters into nondimensional aircraft state parameters;
• a plurality of second executable portions for implementing predictive neural networks for receiving combinations of at least one observed parameter and dimensional aircraft state parameters, and predicting flight envelope limiting parameters based thereupon;
• a third executable portion capable of determining the most limiting flight envelope limiting parameter;
• and
• a fourth executable portion capable of determining a tactile cueing position for the flight control input apparatus based on the most limiting parameter.