Aircraft piloting aid system
First Claim
1. A piloting aid system for aiding in piloting or in simulating the piloting of an aircraft, comprising:
- a display unit having a display screen and means for displaying on said display screen symbols representative of a plurality of determined flight and environmental characteristics of said aircraft;
means for determining drift angle δ and
a slope relative to ground γ
S of a flight path of said aircraft;
means for displaying a symbol representing said aircraft near a point having an abscissa and an ordinate on said display screen, said abscissa and said ordinate of said point with respect to two mutually perpendicular axes on said display screen being respectively proportional to the determined values of δ and
γ
S ; and
means for displaying a guidance symbol for the aircraft flight path comprising a rectangular guidance window having pairs of sides respectively parallel to said mutually perpendicular axes.
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Abstract
A piloting aid system for displaying symbols representative of determined characteristics of the flight of an aircraft and representative of its environment is disclosed. The symbols are displayed on the screen of a display unit which displays a symbol representing the aircraft near a predetermined point on the display screen and a rectangular window for guiding the flight path of the aircraft. The sides of the guidance window are parallel to mutually perpendicular axes provided on the screen. The abscissa and ordinate of the predetermined point are respectively proportional to the drift and to the slope relative to the ground of the aircraft flight path.
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1. A piloting aid system for aiding in piloting or in simulating the piloting of an aircraft, comprising:
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a display unit having a display screen and means for displaying on said display screen symbols representative of a plurality of determined flight and environmental characteristics of said aircraft; means for determining drift angle δ and
a slope relative to ground γ
S of a flight path of said aircraft;means for displaying a symbol representing said aircraft near a point having an abscissa and an ordinate on said display screen, said abscissa and said ordinate of said point with respect to two mutually perpendicular axes on said display screen being respectively proportional to the determined values of δ and
γ
S ; andmeans for displaying a guidance symbol for the aircraft flight path comprising a rectangular guidance window having pairs of sides respectively parallel to said mutually perpendicular axes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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