US 11952105 B2 / Apr 9, 2024

System and method for flight control in electric aircraft

A system for flight control in electric aircraft includes a flight controller configured to provide an initial vehicle torque signal including a plurality of attitude commands. The system includes a mixer configured to receive the initial vehicle torque signal and a vehicle torque limit, receive prioritization data including a prioritization datum corresponding to each of the plurality of attitude command, determine a plurality of modified attitude commands as a function of the vehicle torque limit, the attitude commands, and the prioritization data, generate, as a function of modified attitude commands, an output torque command including the initial vehicle torque signal adjusted as a function of the vehicle torque limit, generate, as a function of the output torque command, a remaining vehicle torque. The system includes a display, wherein the display is configured to present, to a user, the remaining vehicle torque and the output torque command.

Publication details

Recorded assignee
BETA Technologies, Inc.
Publication number
US 11952105 B2
Publication type
Utility patent grant
Publication date
Apr 9, 2024
Filing date
Jun 16, 2021
CPC classes
B64C13/16, B64C13/503, B64D35/021, G05D1/49, G05D1/82, H04W4/40, H04W72/569, B64C29/0033, G05D2105/22, G05D2109/24
Inventors
Giroux; Andrew, Richter; Timothy Gerard, Moy; Nicholas

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