Electric Aircraft Wind Compensation Using Plant-Model Trajectory Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Modern aircraft face challenges in maintaining optimal flight paths due to environmental factors like wind, which existing technologies struggle to effectively compensate for.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for wind compensation in electric aircraft, utilizing a sensor to detect geographical data and a processor to generate an optimal flight trajectory using a plant model, which includes an objective function and is solved sequentially to compensate for wind forces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a pilot relies on situational awareness to compensate for wind, then the aircraft can adapt to actual environmental factors, but the flight path may deviate from the intended optimal path due to human reaction time and judgment limitations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical system of human pilot judgment and manual control with an automated computer-based wind compensation system. The processor receives wind data from sensors, calculates compensation trajectories using algorithms, and automatically adjusts flight controls, eliminating human reaction time delays and judgment errors while maintaining adaptability to environmental conditions
Solution Approach 2:
The wind compensation system operates autonomously without requiring continuous pilot intervention. The processor continuously monitors wind conditions through sensors, self-corrects flight path deviations by calculating and executing compensation trajectories, and maintains optimal flight performance automatically, allowing the aircraft to serve itself in adapting to environmental factors
2Device complexity
If existing technologies are used for wind compensation, then the system structure remains simple, but the effectiveness of wind compensation is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates multiple functions into a single wind compensation system: wind sensing, trajectory calculation, control signal generation, and execution. The processor performs multiple computational tasks including receiving wind data, calculating compensation trajectories, and adjusting flight controls, creating a multi-functional system that achieves reliable wind compensation without proportionally increasing structural complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines wind sensing capabilities with the flight control system in an integrated manner. The sensor and processor work as a unified system where wind data is directly fed into the trajectory calculation algorithm, and compensation commands are automatically transmitted to flight controls, merging detection and control functions to achieve effective wind compensation with minimal additional complexity
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AI summary
Provided in this disclosure is a system and methods for wind compensation of an electric aircraft. More specifically, provided in this disclosure is a controller of an aircraft configured to use a plant model for compensating for wind forces. The processor is configured to receive, from the sensor, at least a geographical datum of the electric aircraft.