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System for assembling aircraft

  • US 8,606,388 B2
  • Filed: 07/14/2011
  • Issued: 12/10/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for establishing a reference monument inside an aircraft as-built representing a desired cruise orientation for the as-built aircraft, comprising:

  • a measurement system to measure relative locations of aerodynamically significant features of the as-built aircraft;

    an orientation calculation system to calculate the desired cruise orientation of the as-built aircraft based on the measured locations of the features;

    means for moving a tool reference surface to an orientation corresponding to the calculated desired cruise orientation while the tool reference surface is outside the aircraft; and

    means for transferring the orientation of the tool reference surface from outside the aircraft to the reference monument inside the aircraft.

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