Systems and methods for determining angle of attack (AOA) for an aircraft are disclosed. In implementations, a kinematic AOA signal and an aerodynamic AOA signal are determined based on measurements received from an airspeed sensor and an inertial reference system (IRS) or attitude and heading reference system (AHRS). The kinematic AOA signal is low pass filtered and the aerodynamic AOA signal is band-pass filtered. A blended AOA signal for the aircraft is then determined by summing the filtered kinematic AOA and aerodynamic AOA signals.
Angle of attack estimation system and method
2021-06-29
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT / G01P MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION OR SHOCK , Messen der Linear- oder Winkelgeschwindigkeit, der Beschleunigung, der Verzögerung oder des Stoßes / G06F ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING , Elektrische digitale Datenverarbeitung / G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS |
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