GB1218472A - Automatic pilot systems for aircraft - Google Patents

Automatic pilot systems for aircraft

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Publication number
GB1218472A
GB1218472A GB09731/70A GB1973170A GB1218472A GB 1218472 A GB1218472 A GB 1218472A GB 09731/70 A GB09731/70 A GB 09731/70A GB 1973170 A GB1973170 A GB 1973170A GB 1218472 A GB1218472 A GB 1218472A
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
aircraft
datum
displacement
automatic pilot
controlling
Prior art date
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Expired
Application number
GB09731/70A
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English (en)
Inventor
Robert Hughes Parker
Bernard Terence Devlin
Edwin Howard Purvis
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Unisys Corp
Original Assignee
Sperry Rand Corp
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Application filed by Sperry Rand Corp filed Critical Sperry Rand Corp
Publication of GB1218472A publication Critical patent/GB1218472A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05D—SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
    • G05D1/00—Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, e.g. using automatic pilots
    • G05D1/0055—Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, e.g. using automatic pilots with safety arrangements
    • G05D1/0061—Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, e.g. using automatic pilots with safety arrangements for transition from automatic pilot to manual pilot and vice versa

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Aviation & Aerospace Engineering (AREA)
  • Radar, Positioning & Navigation (AREA)
  • Remote Sensing (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Automation & Control Theory (AREA)
  • Control Of Position, Course, Altitude, Or Attitude Of Moving Bodies (AREA)
  • Toys (AREA)
GB09731/70A 1967-02-06 1968-01-18 Automatic pilot systems for aircraft Expired GB1218472A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US614277A US3386689A (en) 1967-02-06 1967-02-06 Aircraft autopilot with control wheel steering

Publications (1)

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GB1218472A true GB1218472A (en) 1971-01-06

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Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
GB09731/70A Expired GB1218472A (en) 1967-02-06 1968-01-18 Automatic pilot systems for aircraft
GB2796/68A Expired GB1218471A (en) 1967-02-06 1968-01-18 Automatic pilot systems for aircraft

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GB2796/68A Expired GB1218471A (en) 1967-02-06 1968-01-18 Automatic pilot systems for aircraft

Country Status (5)

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US (1) US3386689A (enExample)
JP (1) JPS5011157B1 (enExample)
DE (1) DE1556410A1 (enExample)
FR (1) FR1570500A (enExample)
GB (2) GB1218472A (enExample)

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US3568960A (en) * 1969-04-28 1971-03-09 Carl D Griffith Helicopter flight control system
BE757805A (fr) * 1969-10-21 1971-04-21 Motorola Inc Appareil intermediaire de commande pour une calculatrice
US3848833A (en) * 1972-07-14 1974-11-19 Sperry Rand Corp Aircraft automatic flight control system
US3807666A (en) * 1973-06-11 1974-04-30 Sperry Rand Corp Control wheel steering system for aircraft automatic pilots
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CA1050633A (en) * 1974-12-19 1979-03-13 Ronald J. Miller Semi-automatic flight control system utilizing limited authority stabilization system
GB1561650A (en) * 1976-01-29 1980-02-27 Sperry Rand Corp Aircraft control system
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US4067517A (en) * 1976-02-03 1978-01-10 United Technologies Corporation Automatic heading synchronization control system
JPS5552437A (en) * 1978-10-06 1980-04-16 Komatsu Ltd Working instrument controller
US4373184A (en) * 1979-12-26 1983-02-08 The Boeing Company Vertical flight path steering system for aircraft
US4420808A (en) * 1980-04-01 1983-12-13 United Technologies Corporation Multi-axis force stick, self-trimmed aircraft flight control system
US4642774A (en) * 1982-07-01 1987-02-10 Rockwell International Corporation Automatic flight control with pilot fly-through
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US6460810B2 (en) * 1996-09-06 2002-10-08 Terry Jack James Semiautonomous flight director
US8725321B2 (en) * 2006-05-17 2014-05-13 Textron Innovations Inc. Flight control system
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FR3023014B1 (fr) * 2014-06-27 2016-06-24 Thales Sa Procede de determination du point vertical de basculement d'un mode de pilotage manuel vers un mode guide
US12060148B2 (en) 2022-08-16 2024-08-13 Honeywell International Inc. Ground resonance detection and warning system and method

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US3021097A (en) * 1956-06-28 1962-02-13 Sperry Rand Corp Automatic pilot for dirigible craft
US3033496A (en) * 1959-09-23 1962-05-08 Honeywell Regulator Co Control apparatus

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
DE1556410A1 (de) 1970-02-19
US3386689A (en) 1968-06-04
GB1218471A (en) 1971-01-06
FR1570500A (enExample) 1969-06-13
JPS5011157B1 (enExample) 1975-04-28

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