A method of generating an estimated initial mass of an aircraft includes obtaining a first sequence of instructions indicating aircraft intent for a particular phase of a flight. The first sequence of instructions includes multiple sequential tabular instructions for a set of segments of the particular phase, and operation of the aircraft according to the first sequence of instructions would result in a particular altitude profile during the particular phase. The method includes determining, using a bounded optimization operation, a first estimated mass of the aircraft and a throttle law instruction that, together, result in the particular altitude profile over a group of the segments. The method includes generating a second sequence of instructions that replaces the tabular instructions for the group of the segments with the throttle law instruction. The method also includes determining the estimated initial mass at least partially based on the first estimated mass.


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    Title :

    AIRCRAFT MASS ESTIMATION


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2023-10-19


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen / G01G Wägen , WEIGHING / G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS



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