Control system for automatic circle flight

Details Control system for automatic circle flight Control system for automatic circle flight

2005-11-15

2011-12-13

Trammell, James (Department: 3667)

Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location

Navigation

Determination of travel data based on the start point and...

C701S200000, C701S201000, C701S202000, C701S204000, C701S205000, C340S870020, C340S945000, C340S947000, C340S951000, C340S961000, C244S00100R, C244S07600R, C244S181000, C244S186000, C342S357310

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08078395

ABSTRACT:
A flight control system for an aircraft is configured for receiving command signals representing commanded values of a location of a geospatial point and a radius about the geospatial point for defining a circular groundtrack. A sensor determines a geospatial location of the aircraft and provides a location signal representing the location of the aircraft. A controller for commanding flight control devices on the aircraft controls the flight of the aircraft and is configured to receive the command signals and the location signal. The controller uses the command signals and location signal to operate the flight control devices to control the flight of the aircraft for directing the aircraft generally toward a tangent point of the circular groundtrack and then maintaining a flight path along the circular groundtrack.

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