Fly-by-wire control system for aircraft

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9873505
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14898052

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The invention relates to a fly-by-wire system which comprises: three-stage piloting control, each stage including a control computer suitable for determining the positions of the stick, and a monitoring computer capable of verifying all the pre-determined positions of the stick; three-stage control-surface position calculation, each stage including a control computer suitable for calculating the control-surface positions from encoded positions of the stick, and a monitoring computer capable of verifying all the calculated control-surface positions; a single unidirectional communication link connecting the control computer of the first piloting control stage to the control computer of the first control-surface position calculation stage; a single unidirectional communication link connecting the control computer of the second piloting control stage to the control computer of the second control-surface position calculation stage; and a single unidirectional communication link connecting the control computer of the third piloting control stage to the control computer of the third control-surface position calculation stage.

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SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE2 BOULEVARD DU GENERAL MARTIAL VALIN PARIS 75015

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Bara, Cédric Boulogne-Billancourt, FR 1 7
Bourgogne, Eric Boulogne-Billancourt, FR 1 7
Coppee, Pascal Boulogne-Billancourt, FR 5 17
Tuzi, Christophe Boulogne-Billancourt, FR 3 25
Vandenbaviere, Yann Boulogne-Billancourt, FR 7 22

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