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Damage adaptive control

  • US 9,132,911 B2
  • Filed: 02/28/2013
  • Issued: 09/15/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing adaptive control to a fly-by-wire rotary wing aircraft, the method comprising:

  • measuring, via at least one first sensor, at least one of a damage and a compromise associated with a component of the fly-by-wire rotary wing aircraft;

    measuring, via at least one second sensor, a state of the fly-by-wire rotary wing aircraft, the at least one second sensor comprising a fly-by-wire sensor;

    determining, from the measuring of the at least one first sensor at least one of a region and a location of the at least one of a damage and a compromise and a level of the at least one of a damage and a compromise; and

    adapting an operational envelope for the fly-by-wire rotary wing aircraft based on the measured state of the fly-by-wire rotary wing aircraft measured via the at least one second sensor and the determined at least one of a region and a location of the at least one of a damage and a compromise and the level of the at least one of a damage and a compromise,wherein adapting the operational envelope for the fly-by-wire rotary wing aircraft comprises adjusting one or more operational thresholds via a fly-by-wire control configuration of the fly-by-wire rotary wing aircraft to prohibit a state of operation of the fly-by-wire rotary wing aircraft that exceeds a safe or reliable operation threshold.

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