System and method for automatically controlling take-off thrust in an aircraft

A method for determining a take-off thrust for an engine of a jet powered aircraft, comprising:

• providing a first database including a plurality of aircraft configuration codes, with each said aircraft configuration code representing a plurality of operational parameters of the aircraft;
• storing the first database on a component of the aircraft;
• using a second database having a plurality of lookup tables, with each said lookup table being associated with at least one said aircraft configuration code and including a plurality of different runways from which the aircraft may perform a take-off operation, and a take-off thrust to be used at each said runway;
• and
• using a specific aircraft configuration code to retrieve a specific one of the lookup tables within the second database to obtain an engine take-off thrust setting to be used at a particular one of said runways during a take-off operation.

A system for automatically selecting a take-off thrust for an engine of a jet powered aircraft, where the aircraft has a flight management computer and a memory in communication with the flight management computer, the system comprising:

• an airport/runway look-up table database stored in the memory, the look-up table database including a plurality of lookup tables, each said lookup table being associated with at least one aircraft configuration code, with each said aircraft configuration code representing a specific collection of operational parameters of a specific aircraft;
• and
• each said lookup table including a take-off thrust code representing a specific engine thrust setting to be used for a take-off operation at a specific runway;
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• the flight management computer adapted to use the aircraft configuration code to select the look-up table, to obtain a specific engine take-off thrust setting to be used in a take-off procedure when the aircraft takes off from the specific runway.

A method for determining a take-off thrust setting for an engine of a jet powered aircraft, comprising:

• storing a plurality of aircraft configuration codes, with each said aircraft configuration code representing a plurality of operational parameters of the aircraft;
• storing a plurality of lookup tables, with each said lookup table being associated with at least one said aircraft configuration code and including a plurality of different runways from which the aircraft may perform a take-off operation, and a take-off thrust setting to be used at each said runway;
• selecting a specific aircraft configuration code to retrieve a specific one of the lookup tables to obtain an engine take-off thrust setting to be used at a particular one of the runways during a take-off operation;
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• using an aircraft communication and reporting subsystem (ACARS) remote from the jet powered aircraft to wirelessly provide the engine take-off thrust setting to the jet powered aircraft.

A system for determining a take-off thrust setting for an engine of a jet powered aircraft, comprising:

• a plurality of aircraft configuration codes, with each said aircraft configuration code representing a plurality of operational parameters of the aircraft;
• a plurality of lookup tables, with each said lookup table being associated with at least one said aircraft configuration code and including a plurality of different runways from which the aircraft may perform a take-off operation, and a take-off thrust setting to be used at each said runway;
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• an aircraft communication and reporting subsystem (ACARS) for wirelessly providing a selected take-off thrust setting obtained from a selected one of the lookup tables to the jet powered aircraft.