Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electrical vertical take-off and landing aircraft having reversionary flight control and method of use
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Application No.: US17744888Application Date: 2022-05-16
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Publication No.: US11803195B2Publication Date: 2023-10-31
- Inventor: Joshua E. Auerbach , Andrew Giroux , Chris Townsend , Timothy Gerard Richter
- Applicant: BETA AIR, LLC
- Applicant Address: US VT South Burlington
- Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
- Current Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US VT South Burlington
- Agency: CALDWELL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
- Main IPC: G01R31/3181
- IPC: G01R31/3181 ; B60W10/20 ; G05D1/10 ; G05D1/00 ; B64D27/24 ; B64D45/00 ; B64C13/18

Abstract:
Aspects relate to methods and systems for reversionary flight control for an electrical vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. An exemplary system includes a pilot control, a sensor configured to sense and transmit analog control data associated with a pilot interaction with the pilot control, a pilot interface module configured to receive the analog control data, convert the analog control data to digital control data, and transmit digital control, an actuator, and a flight controller. The flight controller may be configured to receive the digital control data, determine a primary command datum as a function of the digital control data, transmit the primary command datum to the actuator, determine that the digital control signal is non-functional, receive the analog control data, determine a reversionary command datum as a function of the analog control data, and transmit the reversionary command datum to the actuator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220404842A1 ELECTRICAL VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT HAVING REVERSIONARY FLIGHT CONTROL AND METHOD OF USE Public/Granted day:2022-12-22
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