Disclosed is a rotorcraft including a plurality of blades, and a control computer configured to obtain a blade bending measurement from a sensor associated with a one of the plurality of blades, process, by a device comprising a processor, the blade bending measurement to obtain moment data for the rotorcraft, obtain data from an inertial measurement unit (IMU), wherein the data obtained from the IMU pertains to at least one of a pitch of the aircraft and an angular rate, and process, by the device, the moment data and the data from the IMU to generate a command configured to stabilize the aircraft, wherein the command is based on a reference input, and wherein the reference input is based on at least one input provided by a pilot of the aircraft.


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    Title :

    Rotor moment feedback for stability augmentation


    Contributors:
    ELLER EREZ (author) / WULFF OLE (author)

    Publication date :

    2016-11-22


    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 / B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / G08B SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS , Signalisier- oder Rufsysteme



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