Low-altitude piloting method

Details Low-altitude piloting method Low-altitude piloting method

1996-11-20

1999-07-13

Cuchlinski, Jr., William A.

Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location

Vehicle control, guidance, operation, or indication

Aeronautical vehicle

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ABSTRACT:
In a method for the piloting of an aircraft, enabling low-altitude flight by setting up a tangent with the relief to be overflown, the aircraft pilot determines the goals to be attained on a cartographic screen. This is done in enabling a computer, using altimetrical data, to define a ground profile and then a set of straight lines at a tangent to said ground profile. A method of this kind has the advantage of enabling an optimized flight plan to be reconfigured directly, when the pilot comes up against a threat that makes it necessary to change the pre-set flight plan. Application to military transport aircraft.

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