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Safety device for landing in crosswind

  • US 10,640,201 B2
  • Filed: 04/16/2018
  • Issued: 05/05/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A safety device for landing in a crosswind, the safety device being designed for an aircraft landing in a crosswind blowing across a runway and comprising:

  • a control unit having an automatic mode in which when a nose cone of an aircraft fuselage is directed windward, an orientation of wheels is automatically controlled such that a nose landing wheel and main landing wheels, which constitute the wheels, are oriented in a direction of travel of the aircraft;

    a tilt detecting unit that, when the nose cone of the aircraft fuselage is directed windward, detects tilt of the aircraft fuselage with respect to the direction of travel of the aircraft; and

    a touchdown sensor which detects the aircraft landing in the crosswind,wherein after landing on the runway, the control unit is configured to shift from the automatic mode to a taxi mode in which the nose landing wheel can be manually steered while the main landing wheels are continuously oriented in the direction of travel of the aircraft by automatically controlling the orientation of the wheels,the control unit is configured to control the orientation of the wheels on the basis of the tilt detecting unit such that the wheels are oriented in the direction of travel of the aircraft, andthe control unit is configured to switch from the automatic mode to the taxi mode only when the touchdown sensor detects the aircraft landing in the crosswind.

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