System and method for avoiding inadvertant entry into an unsafe vertical descent speed region for rotorcraft

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9886039
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14623382

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A flight control system having a control law, the control law operable to generate a modified pitch command, the modified pitch command representing a greater amount of collective pitch compared to an amount of collective pitch generated by a first pitch command, the modified pitch command being generated because a vertical descent speed of the rotorcraft at a given forward airspeed is greater than a threshold. A method of avoiding entry into an undesired vertical descent speed region during operation of a rotorcraft, including measuring a forward airspeed; evaluating a vertical descent of the rotorcraft; and generating a modified collective pitch command in respond to a first collective pitch command having a collective pitch value that would cause the rotorcraft to experience a vertical descent rate greater than a threshold value at the forward airspeed of the rotorcraft.

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BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INCTEXAS USA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Alfred, Jillian Fort Worth, US 1 8
Bothwell, Christopher M Grapevine, US 13 83
Gillett, Luke D Grapevine, US 2 11
Kim, Sung Bedford, US 155 2597
Schaeffer, Joseph M Cedar Hill, US 14 151
Worsham, Robert Weatherford, US 9 143

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