Determining a profile for an aircraft prior to flight using a fuel vector and uncertainty bands

A weight and center-of-gravity profile for an aircraft is determined prior to flight. An uncertainty band is determined for each of a plurality of points along a fuel vector for the planned flight. Each of the points along the fuel vector is compared to a predetermined flight limit (e.g., an FAA cer...

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Hauptverfasser:	MCDONOUGH TERRY L, TILLOTSON SHANE C, KERNAST MAGNUS, PADILLA CARLOS E
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AIRCRAFT ANALOGUE COMPUTERS AVIATION CALCULATING COMPUTING CONTROLLING COSMONAUTICS COUNTING DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLING, CLEANING, MAINTAINING ORREPAIRING AIRCRAFT, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLYADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS HANDLING, TRANSPORTING, TESTING OR INSPECTING AIRCRAFTCOMPONENTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR MEASURING MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS NAVIGATION PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY PHYSICS REGULATING SURVEYING SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES TESTING TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES ORSTRUCTURES TESTING STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	A weight and center-of-gravity profile for an aircraft is determined prior to flight. An uncertainty band is determined for each of a plurality of points along a fuel vector for the planned flight. Each of the points along the fuel vector is compared to a predetermined flight limit (e.g., an FAA certified envelope). This comparison is used to decide whether the profile is suitable for flight of the aircraft. If so, an indication is provided to a user (e.g., on a display or by a text message) that the profile is suitable and the aircraft is ready for flight.