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METHOD AND SYSTEM TO CONTROL EMERGENCY DESCENT OF AIRCRAFT

  • US 20160342159A1
  • Filed: 05/17/2016
  • Published: 11/24/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for controlling an emergency descent of an aircraft, said method comprising the following steps consisting of automatically:

  • detecting a situation necessitating an emergency descent;

    calculating a usual emergency descent command;

    calculating a limited emergency descent command;

    selecting one of the usual emergency descent command or the limited emergency decent command depending on whether certain application conditions are met and if the limited emergency descent command is less than the usual emergency descent command and greater than an emergency descent command complying with regulation performance, selecting the limited emergency descent command; and

    applying a selected one of the usual emergency descent command to the aircraft and the limited emergency descent command to automatically control an emergency descent of the aircraft;

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