METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A ROTORCRAFT, ASSOCIATED ROTORCRAFT AND COMPUTER PROGRAMThe present invention relates to a method for controlling a rotorcraft (1), said rotorcraft (1) comprising at least two combustion engines (2, 3), at least one control system (13) and a transmission s…DRIVE·Feb 25·1 min readFollowB64C27/04AIRBUS HELICOPTERS [FR]
AIRCRAFT HAVING AN EXHAUST CONDUIT COUPLED TO A STABILIZATION SYSTEMThe present invention relates to an aircraft (1) equipped with at least one exhaust duct (30) for ejecting gases from an engine (10), the exhaust duct (30) being partially housed in an internal housin…DRIVE·Jan 15·2 min readFollowB64C27/04AIRBUS HELICOPTERS [FR]
CONTROL UNIT FOR AN AIRCRAFT CAPABLE OF HOVERING OR FOR A FLIGHT SIMULATION SYSTEM OF SAID AIRCRAFT, AND RELATIVE METHOD FOR ASSISTING THE PERFORMANCE OF A MANOEUVREA control unit (46, 46') for an aircraft (1, 1') capable of hovering or for a flight simulation system of the aircraft (1, 1') is described; the control unit (46, 46') is programmed to: - receive in i…DRIVE·Mar 27·2 min readFollowB64C27/04LEONARDO SPA [IT]
UNMANNED HELICOPTERA helicopter 10 includes a mast 14, a main rotor 16, an engine 32, a radiator 34 and a body cover 24. The engine 32 and the radiator 34 are housed in the body cover 24. The body cover 24 has an openin…DRIVE·May 27·1 min readFollowB64C27/04YAMAHA MOTOR CO LTD [JP]
Method for rotating a rotorcraft rotor, by anticipating torque requirements between two set speeds of rotation of the rotorThe method involves identifying a necessary speed (NR) of a swing drive of a main rotor (1) by a control unit (10). The necessary speed is calculated by application of a calculation rule integrating a…DRIVE·Jul 2·1 min readFollowB64C27/04AIRBUS HELICOPTERS [FR]
Aft exhaust system for rotary wing aircraftAn exhaust system (100, 150, 170) for reducing infrared emissions of a rotary wing aircraft (10) includes a duct assembly having an inlet portion (102, 152, 172) and an outlet portion (104, 154, 174);…DRIVE·Apr 16·1 min readFollowB64C27/04SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORP [US]
Automatic method for controlling a rotorcraft engine group, device and rotorcraftThe method involves operating a two-position selector to stop an engine i.e. turbomotor (3), or to set the engine into operation, during a selection step. The engine is controlled automatically to imp…DRIVE·Aug 14·1 min readFollowB64C27/04EUROCOPTER FRANCE [FR]
Automatic method for controlling an aircraft engine group, device and aircraftThe method involves selecting an idling mode for operation of a turbomotor (3) during a selection phase. The idling mode of operation is implemented during a regulation phase, where the idling operati…DRIVE·Aug 14·2 min readFollowB64C27/04EUROCOPTER FRANCE [FR]
Method for optimising the performance of an aircraft, device and aircraftThe method involves defining two levels of performance of an aircraft (1), and determining a power margin based on a rotational speed of a gas generator (2'). Another power margin is determined based …DRIVE·Aug 7·1 min readFollowB64C27/04EUROCOPTER FRANCE [FR]
Powerplant of an aircraft, aircraft and method for piloting said aircraftThe powerplant has a determination unit (10) determining three distinct use envelopes applied during a takeoff flight phase, a cruising flight phase and a landing flight phase, respectively. The deter…DRIVE·Jul 17·1 min readFollowB64C27/04EUROCOPTER FRANCE [FR]
Method and device for aiding piloting an aircraft in case of failure of a first limitation indicatorThe method involves activating an assisted piloting mode. A monitoring parameter e.g. gas ejection temperature, is maintained below a predetermined threshold when a limit indicator (10) is no longer i…DRIVE·Mar 30·1 min readFollowB64C27/04EUROCOPTER FRANCE [FR]
Rotor torque predictorA system is disclosed for determining the total torque required at the main and tail rotors of a helicopter for use in feed-forward rotor torque anticipation which includes a polynomial neural network…DRIVE·May 14·1 min readFollowB64C27/04GOODRICH PUMP & ENGINE CONTROL [US]
