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DISTRIBUTED FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM

  • US 20110118906A1
  • Filed: 02/04/2009
  • Published: 05/19/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A flight control system for an aircraft, for controlling a plurality of actuators adapted to actuate control surfaces of said aircraft, the system comprising:

  • at least one communications bus;

    at least one computer situated in the avionics bay of the aircraft, and adapted to calculate flight commands and to transmit them over said bus in the form of command messages;

    at least a first remote terminal connected to said bus, adapted to control a control surface actuator, and to acquire the state of said actuator from information provided by at least a first sensor fitted thereto, said first terminal receiving command messages from the computer and transmitting electrical orders to the actuator as a function of the command messages thus received, and also transmitting messages to the computer, at the request thereof, relating to the state of the actuator as a function of the information provided by said first sensor; and

    at least one second remote terminal connected to said bus and adapted to acquire the state of a control surface from information provided by a second sensor fitted thereto, and also adapted to transmit messages to the computer, at the request thereof, relating to the state of said control surface as a function of information provided by said second sensor.

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