Electric Aircraft Flight Plan Reporting With Pilot-Confirmed Updates
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Solution Overview
Problem
Air traffic control towers face challenges in efficiently and safely routing electric aircraft due to the lack of automated and authenticated flight plan updates, which can lead to inefficiencies and safety risks.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for automated flight plan reporting in electric aircraft, where a computing device within the aircraft receives digital data from a remote device, generates plan adjustments, and transmits these to a pilot display, allowing for real-time updates and confirmation, utilizing a brokered authentication system and digital radio frequency communication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If automated flight plan reporting is implemented in electric aircraft, then flight plan updates are automatically transmitted and authenticated in real-time, but system complexity increases due to integration of computing devices, communication systems, and authentication protocols
Solution Approach 1:
The flight controller is designed to perform multiple functions: it controls flight operations, receives digital data from remote devices, generates plan adjustment data, and transmits confirmed adjustments. This multi-functionality consolidates what would otherwise require separate dedicated systems, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining automated flight plan reporting capabilities
Solution Approach 2:
The pilot display serves as an intermediary between the flight controller and the pilot. It receives plan adjustment data from the flight controller, displays it for pilot review, and transmits confirmation back to the flight controller. This intermediary role streamlines the authentication process and integrates smoothly with existing cockpit displays, avoiding the need for completely new complex interfaces
2Reliability
If real-time flight plan updates are implemented, then routing efficiency and safety are improved, but communication infrastructure requirements and operational complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements a feedback loop where the flight controller receives digital data from remote devices, generates plan adjustments, transmits them to the pilot display for confirmation, and only implements changes after pilot authentication. This feedback mechanism ensures safety through pilot involvement while maintaining real-time update capabilities, balancing reliability with operational simplicity
Solution Approach 2:
The flight controller generates plan adjustment data in advance based on received digital data, preparing it for pilot review before actual implementation. This preliminary action allows the system to pre-process routing changes and have them ready for quick pilot confirmation, improving routing efficiency without compromising safety
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AI summary
A system for automated flight plan reporting for an electric aircraft, the system including a flight controller coupled to the electric aircraft configured to receive a digital datum from a remote device, generate a plan adjustment datum as a function of the digital datum, and transmit the plan adjustment datum to a pilot display, a pilot display coupled to the electric aircraft, wherein the pilot display is configured to receive the plan adjustment datum from the flight controller, display the plan adjustment datum to a user; and receive a confirmation datum from the user.