A governor for regulating the rotational velocity of a rotor, such as an aircraft rotor, by varying the collective blade pitch of the rotors. The governor includes a control monitor, a maximum pitch module, a rotor module, and a pitch adjustment module. The control monitor is configured to monitor one or more flight control inputs that are controllable by an operator of the aircraft. The maximum pitch module is configured to dynamically determine a maximum collective blade pitch based on the one or more flight control inputs monitored by the control monitor. The rotor module is configured to monitor information related to the rotational velocity of the one or more rotors. The pitch adjustment module is configured to (i) receive information related to the rotational velocity of the one or more rotors from the rotor module and (ii) adjust the collective blade pitch of the one or more rotors to regulate the rotational velocity of the one or more rotors.
GOVERNOR FOR A ROTOR WITH A VARIABLE MAXIMUM COLLECTIVE PITCH
REGULATEUR POUR ROTOR A PAS GENERAL MAXIMAL VARIABLE
2015-10-27
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
European Patent Office | 2024
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