Communications: electrical – Aircraft alarm or indicating systems – Flight alarm
Patent
1998-08-14
1999-12-14
Lee, Benjamin C.
Communications: electrical
Aircraft alarm or indicating systems
Flight alarm
3404071, 340971, 340974, 340975, 340946, 340467, 340439, 200 6189, G08B 2300
Patent
active
06002349&
ABSTRACT:
A pilot warning system is disclosed for a helicopter having a main rotor rotatable about a yaw axis, a fuselage connected to the main rotor and having a tail boom with a controllable force mechanism to counter-act the torque exerted on the fuselage by rotation of the main rotor. The pilot warning system acts on foot pedals operatively connected to the controllable force mechanism, with the pedal movement controlling the amount of force exerted by the controllable force mechanism on the tail boom to the control the orientation of the helicopter fuselage about the yaw axis. A position sensing device senses the location of at least one of the foot pedals between its first and second positions, and a warning indicator operatively connected to the position sensing device provides a warning to the pilot when the sensed foot pedal reaches a predetermined distance from one of the first and second positions. The warning indicator provides a tactile warning into the pilot, such as vibration or shaking of the respective foot pedal to provide an unmistakable warning to the pilot that the foot pedal has reached a predetermined position near its maximum travel position. By such a warning system, the pilot is provided with a tactile input indicating that the helicopter yaw control system is approaching its maximum counter-rotating torque and that he/she should take appropriate action.
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Greene Leonard M.
Greene Randall A.
Lee Benjamin C.
Safe Flight Instrument Corporation
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