Aircraft Drive
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1. An aircraft, comprising an onboard motor for powering taxi operations of said aircraft, and a nosegear comprising wheels, and a data collector attached to the nosegear for collecting rotational data of the nosegear wheels, and a central processing unit for processing the data, and a guidance system for presenting said processed data to guide taxi operations.
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Abstract
The present invention describes a drive system for an aircraft involving one or more nose wheel motors. Data regarding the nose wheel rotation is used to control the ground travel of the aircraft, to predict potential problems, to provide more precise control over the aircraft, and to improve aircraft safety.
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24 Claims
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1. An aircraft, comprising
an onboard motor for powering taxi operations of said aircraft, and a nosegear comprising wheels, and a data collector attached to the nosegear for collecting rotational data of the nosegear wheels, and a central processing unit for processing the data, and a guidance system for presenting said processed data to guide taxi operations.
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14. A method for taxiing an aircraft comprising the steps of:
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a. providing an onboard motor to drive the aircraft wheels, b. measuring rotational data of each of two nose wheels of the aircraft, and c. providing an output displaying the measured data of each of the two nose wheels d. providing a user input for selecting a desired path and speeds for the aircraft to follow, and e. driving the aircraft according to said selected path and speeds with reference to the measured speed and/or torque of the nose wheels, by;
electrically powering the motor to drive the wheels forward for forward taxi, and steering by providing a speed differential between the nose wheels. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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