METHOD AND SYSTEM TO CONTROL EMERGENCY DESCENT OF AIRCRAFT

摘要

A method and a system for controlling an emergency descent of an aircraft. The system (1) includes a unit (2) for detecting an emergency situation, a unit (11) for calculating a usual emergency descent command, a unit (12) for calculating a limited emergency descent command, a selection unit (14) configured for selecting the usual emergency descent command or, if application conditions are met and if the limited descent command is less than said usual emergency descent command and greater than a regulation emergency descent command, selecting the limited emergency descent command, and a unit (4) for application, to the aircraft, of the selected emergency descent command.

主权项

1. A method for controlling an emergency descent of an aircraft, said method comprising the following steps consisting of automatically:
detecting a situation necessitating an emergency descent; calculating a usual emergency descent command; calculating a limited emergency descent command; selecting one of the usual emergency descent command or the limited emergency decent command depending on whether certain application conditions are met and if the limited emergency descent command is less than the usual emergency descent command and greater than an emergency descent command complying with regulation performance, selecting the limited emergency descent command; and applying a selected one of the usual emergency descent command to the aircraft and the limited emergency descent command to automatically control an emergency descent of the aircraft;