A device to control an aircraft system in manual pilot mode, using notably a head-up display, is constituted by a display screen located at the position of a piece of equipment of the right-hand part of the instrument panel, the screen displaying information elements delivered by the replaced equipment and information elements to control the piloting task. Application for the controlling of a manual pilot phase by a co-pilot in an aircraft using a head-up display.
An integrated and dynamic symmetrical display of flight instruments for universal use in aircraft, wherein key instruments indicating with respect to aircraft direction are specifically arrayed with respect to key instruments indicating aircraft rate, wherein flight under instrument flight rules may be more easily learned, undertaken, and practiced with greater safety and ease of pilot workload, as compared with asymmetrical and random conventional flight instrument displays. Specifically, directional instruments are positioned in an aligned row above similarly arranged aircraft rate instruments for quick, reliable pilot scan and information utilization.
Taxi and slope landing symbology for a helicopter having a main rotor drive shaft and a main rotor hub defining a hub moment, wherein the main rotor drive shaft and the main rotor hub have hub moment limits. The taxi and slope landing symbology comprises a first symbol for providing a symbolic representation of the hub moment limits, and a second symbol for providing a dynamic symbolic representation of the hub moment, wherein the second symbol is disposed in combination with the first symbol to provide a visual cue of the hub moment relative to the hub moment limits.
Performance of a device manipulated by a user is controlled essentially by at least one control module having an input-output relationship regulated by control parameters. Optimization of overall characteristics of the performance can be conducted by (a) preselecting values of the control parameters and activating the device; (b) changing values of the control parameters within predetermined ranges under predetermined coding rules; (c) evaluating the performance of the device based on signals indicative of the performance; (d) displaying to the user the evaluation outcome in the form of intuitively recognizable symbols which are preselected to represent various evaluation outcomes; and (e) selecting values of the control parameters based on the selected symbol(s) by the user. By repeating steps (b) through (e) while operating the device, the at least one control module is optimized.
A method for displaying flight information includes displaying a first characteristic sign illustrating a speed vector of an aircraft. The method also includes determining a first longitudinal margin of maneuver of the aircraft as a load factor, and displaying a second characteristic sign such that a position of the second characteristic sign relative to the first characteristic sign illustrates the first longitudinal margin of maneuver.
The device (1) for aiding piloting comprises means (2) for determining a speed vector of the aircraft, means of depiction (4) for presenting on a display screen (6) a first characteristic sign illustrating the speed vector of the aircraft, and auxiliary means (7) for determining at least one longitudinal margin of maneuver of the aircraft, which is expressed as a load factor and which relates to one of the two maneuvers of pitch-up and of pitch-down of the aircraft. The means of depiction (4) moreover present, on the display screen (6), at least one second characteristic sign which is associated with said first characteristic sign and which illustrates the longitudinal margin of maneuver.
