Systems and methods for compactly mounted cyclic flight control for a rotorcraft. One embodiment is an apparatus that includes a stick base assembly coupled with a cyclic stick and configured to rotate with respect to a mounting frame to control a pitch and a roll of the rotorcraft. A cyclic housing is pivotably coupled with the mounting frame for rotation about a pitch axis to control pitch, and coupled with a pitch actuator having a pitch force sensor to measure its resistance to rotation. The cyclic housing supports the stick base assembly for independent rotation of the stick base assembly about a roll axis to control roll, and the stick base assembly couples with a roll actuator having a roll force sensor to measure its resistance to rotation.
COMPACTLY MOUNTED CYCLIC FLIGHT CONTROL FOR ROTORCRAFT
KOMPAKT MONTIERTE ZYKLISCHE FLUGSTEUERUNG FÜR DREHFLÜGLER
COMMANDE DE VOL CYCLIQUE MONTÉE DE FAÇON COMPACTE POUR GIRAVION
2022-08-10
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
Control mechanism, rotorcraft and rotorcraft flight control method
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