Deceleration to hover modulation
AssigneeSikorsky Aircraft Corporation
InventorsStephen Kubik, Alex Faynberg, Stephen C. Mcculley, John P. Rucci, Christiaan P. Corry, Edward Pavelka
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Abstract
A system and method for controlling a deceleration profile of an aircraft, includes a processor and memory that receives a signal indicative of a deceleration command; receives signals indicative of a sensed velocity and a commanded heading rate; determines a commanded velocity in response to the receiving of the deceleration command and the commanded heading rate; determines an estimated deceleration command as a function of the commanded velocity; and determines an actual deceleration command in response to the determining of the estimated deceleration command.
Claims20
A method for controlling a deceleration profile of an aircraft, comprising:
- determining the deceleration profile to obtain a hover condition at a commanded location;
- and
- adjusting the deceleration profile in a continuous manner by manual input from a pilot, wherein adjusting comprises:
- receiving, with a processor, a signal indicative of a deceleration command;
- receiving with the processor, signals indicative of a sensed velocity and a commanded heading rate;
- determining, with the processor, a commanded velocity in response to the receiving of the deceleration command and the commanded heading rate;
- determining, with the processor, an estimated deceleration command as a function of the commanded velocity;
- and
- determining, with the processor, an actual deceleration command in response to the determining of the estimated deceleration command.
A system for controlling a deceleration profile of an aircraft, comprising
- a propeller comprising a plurality of blades, wherein the propeller is associated with a sensor;
- a processor;
- and
- memory having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to:
- determine the deceleration profile to obtain a hover condition at a commanded location, wherein the deceleration profile is adjustable in a continuous manner by manual input from a pilot;
- receive a signal indicative of a deceleration command;
- receive signals indicative of a sensed velocity and a commanded heading rate;
- determine a commanded velocity in response to the receiving of the deceleration command and the commanded heading rate;
- determine an estimated deceleration command as a function of the commanded velocity;
- and
- determine an actual deceleration command in response to the determining of the estimated deceleration command.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.