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Aircraft control system

  • US 6,986,486 B2
  • Filed: 03/08/2001
  • Issued: 01/17/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An aircraft control system having:

  • means for detecting an irregularity in aircraft handling during flight;

    means, responsive to an output from the detecting means, for causing a temporary application of a rigid body excitation in at least a portion of the aircraft;

    means for monitoring an actual response to the rigid body excitation;

    means for effecting a comparison of the actual response with a target response of the aircraft to the rigid body excitation; and

    means responsive to an output from the comparison means for determining the need for a modification of the current flight plan for dealing with the irregularity and for generating a corresponding control output.

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