摘要 |
<p>Flight control system including multiple control channels that each includes a vehicle sensor (C1 - C4) for monitoring a vehicle operational parameter, a computer (COM1 - COM12), and an actuator for controlling a vehicle control surface (V1 - V8), and multiple control groups that each groups a subset of the control channels and controls a different class of vehicle flight control elements, where in any of the control channels the computer receives a sensor reading and control the actuator in accordance with a predefined program appropriate for the reading, where each of the actuators partly controls a type of vehicle movement, where each of the actuators in any of the control groups controls their type of vehicle movement substantially in a mutually exclusive manner such that any of the actuators in any of the control groups may lose control power up to a predefined degree and continue to substantially maintain vehicle control in accordance with a predefined control measure.</p> |