Method and device for detecting vertical gusts of wind and appli

Details Method and device for detecting vertical gusts of wind and appli Method and device for detecting vertical gusts of wind and appli

1997-11-24

1999-11-30

Louis-Jacques, Jacques H.

Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location

Vehicle control, guidance, operation, or indication

Aeronautical vehicle

701 3, 701 5, 701 8, 244181, 244182, 244 76R, G06F 770, G05D 108

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059958804

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for detecting vertical gusts of wind on board an aircraft in cruising flight is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: calculating an absolute value (.vertline..alpha.-.theta..vertline.) of a difference between a pair of first differentials with respect to time (.alpha. and .theta.) of a current incidence .alpha. and a current pitch attitude .theta. of the aircraft, comparing the absolute value to an upper threshold (Ss), comparing a current Mach number (M) of the aircraft to a Mach number threshold (Mo), and generating an electrical signal that represents presence of a vertical gust of wind when the absolute value is above the upper threshold, when the current Mach number is above the Mach number threshold, and when aerodynamic flaps and slats of the aircraft are in a clean configuration.

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