AUTOMATED METHOD OF SEPARATE CONTROL OVER SIDE AND VERTICAL PATH OF AIRCRAFT Russian patent published in 1999 - IPC

FIELD: aviation, systems of automated remote control over all types of aircraft. SUBSTANCE: proposed automated method is especially efficient at stages of high-precision piloting with use of elements of direct control over forces. Pilot sets desired direction of flight by means of stick, sensor screen or target indication system in flying helmet in system of automated control which is re-computed into vertical and horizontal components of angular speed of turn of speed vector of aircraft in space in proportion ( with allowance for their limitation according to conditions of safe flight ) with error between angles of path inclination and course angles between desired and current directions of flight. System of automated control provides for rational orientation of aircraft in space and relative to speed vector, for creation of necessary overloads with matching of rates of their change with rate of change of orientation angles. As result problem of rational distribution of functions between pilot and automatic system is solved: pilot sets direction of flight of aircraft and automatic system responds to it in optimal manner. EFFECT: improved reliability of automated method. 2 cl