Data processing: vehicles – navigation – and relative location – Vehicle control – guidance – operation – or indication – Aeronautical vehicle
Patent
1998-04-06
1999-12-14
Louis-Jacques, Jacques H.
Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location
Vehicle control, guidance, operation, or indication
Aeronautical vehicle
701 3, 701 7, 701 14, 244 121, 244201, 244219, 244203, 73178R, 73178T, 180116, 180117, B64C 1500, G06F 770
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ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for measuring the lift generated by airfoils of an aircraft. This real-time analysis is accomplished by measuring a differential pressure between the upper and lower lift surfaces of the airfoils. The system comprises the steps of: a) measuring an actual differential pressure between the upper and lower lift surfaces for a given aircraft speed, b) transmitting this actual differential pressure measurement to a computer, c) comparing the actual differential pressure measurement with an optimal pressure differential for the same aircraft speed. The apparatus comprises a fixed array of differential pressure sensor mechanisms for measuring actual pressure differentials and a computer for comparing optimal differential pressure measurements to the actual differential pressure measurements. Each sensor mechanism preferably contains a piezoelectric sensor that communicates with the upper and lower lift surfaces.
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AERS/Midwest, Inc.
Louis-Jacques Jacques H.
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