A helicopter is provided and includes an air frame formed to accommodate a pilot, flight control elements disposed on the airframe to generate lift and thrust in accordance with control commands issued by the pilot and a current control mode, a sensor disposed on the airframe to sense helicopter proximity to terrain and obstacles and a flight computer configured to change the current control mode based on sensed helicopter proximity to the terrain and the obstacles.
Terrain adaptive flight control
Adaptive Flugsteuerung
Commande de vol adaptatif de terrain
13.01.2016
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
A Model Reference Adaptive Control Approach to Terrain Following Flight Control System
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|Communication during Terrain Flight
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