US 11,807,387 B1
Apparatus and methods for a fuel-based flight indicator apparatus for an electric aircraft
Alexander Hoekje List, South Burlington, VT (US); Vincent Moeykens, Williston, VT (US); and Thomas Henck, South Burlington, VT (US)
Assigned to BETA AIR, LLC, South Burlington, VT (US)
Filed by BETA AIR, LLC, South Burlington, VT (US)
Filed on Apr. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/734,008.
Int. Cl. B64D 45/00 (2006.01); B64D 47/00 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 45/00 (2013.01) [B64D 47/00 (2013.01); B64C 29/0008 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fuel-based flight indicator apparatus for an electric aircraft, the apparatus comprising:
a flight indicator;
a computing device communicatively connected to the flight indicator, wherein the computing device includes a processor and a memory containing instructions configuring the processor to:
receive a battery datum from a battery sensor located in the electric aircraft;
receive an environmental datum from an environmental sensor located in the electric aircraft;
determine an indicator datum as a function of the battery datum, the environmental datum, and a flight plan, wherein determining the indicator datum comprises providing at least the battery datum and the environmental datum as inputs to a fuzzy inference system to output the indicator datum, wherein the indicator datum comprises a linguistic variable, wherein the linguistic variable comprises a score indicating the probability of completion of the flight plan, and wherein the score is generated as a function of a defuzzified probability of success; and
display the indicator datum on the flight indicator.