A skew sensing apparatus (100) for detecting skew in at least one, or a plurality of control surfaces (1) of a vehicle is described herein; comprising a tension cord (20) which is held under tension between a) a first spring (14) associated with a sensor (17) and a sensor target (16) and b) an opposing second spring (15) and wherein during normal operation, said apparatus is configured to maintain said sensor target (16) in a first position relative to said sensor (17), thereby indicating said normal operation, and wherein, in an abnormal operation, said apparatus is configured to shunt said tension cord (20) such that said sensor target (16) is translated to a second position, relative to said sensor (17) thereby indicating said abnormal status.
HIGH LIFT SKEW SYSTEM
SYSTEME DE DETECTION D'ASYMETRIE A POSITION HAUTE
2023-11-25
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
High-lift system, aircraft and control method of high-lift system
Europäisches Patentamt | 2023
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