Systems and methods for enabling consistent smooth takeoffs and landings of vertical and/or short-runway takeoff and landing aircraft (2, 10) at sites with gusty conditions. The system includes a network of wind measurement stations (84) deployed around the perimeter of a takeoff/landing site (72) for spatio-temporally characterizing wind fluctuations (e.g., wind gusts) that enter a volume of airspace (74) overlying the site, data processing means (132) for deriving information about the fluctuations from the wind measurements, communication means (130) for transmitting disturbance information to the aircraft, and a flight control system (122) onboard the aircraft that is configured to use the disturbance information to control the aircraft in a manner that compensates for the fluctuations. The wind measurement units may include laser Doppler anemometers, sound detection and ranging systems or other devices capable of simultaneous spatially and temporally resolved wind measurements.
TAKEOFF / LANDING STABILITY AUGMENTATION BY ACTIVE WIND GUST SENSING
VERBESSERUNG DER START- LANDESTABILITÄT DURCH AKTIVE WINDBÖENERFASSUNG
AUGMENTATION DE LA STABILITÉ DE DÉCOLLAGE/D'ATTERRISSAGE PAR DÉTECTION ACTIVE DE RAFALES DE VENT
2022-05-04
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen / B64F GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT , Boden- oder Flugzeugträgerdeckeinrichtungen besonders ausgebildet für die Verwendung in Verbindung mit Luftfahrzeugen / G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS |
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