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Automatic flight envelope protection for uninhabited air vehicles: method for determining point in flight envelope

  • US 6,711,477 B1
  • Filed: 08/29/2002
  • Issued: 03/23/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of detecting if a UAV is operating within its flight envelope, the method comprising:

  • (a) define the flight envelope of the UAV;

    (b) identify the operating state of the UAV from a present time to a future elapsed time; and

    (c) determine if the operating state of the UAV will be within the flight envelope at the end of the elapsed time in the future.

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