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Vertical situation awareness for rotorcraft

  • US 8,798,814 B1
  • Filed: 01/27/2011
  • Issued: 08/05/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for managing a flight of a rotorcraft, the method comprising:

  • displaying, on a display, a vertical profile view of a flight route of the rotorcraft during the flight of the rotorcraft;

    displaying, on the display, a height of the rotorcraft above terrain at a current position of the rotorcraft;

    displaying, on the display, a cross section of upcoming terrain relative to the flight route of the rotorcraft;

    calculating avoid areas for the upcoming terrain and the terrain at the current position;

    displaying, on the display, the avoid areas above the cross section of the upcoming terrain; and

    using autorotation in response to an undesired event occurring during the flight of the rotorcraft when the rotorcraft avoids the avoid areas.

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