US 12,330,770 B2
System and method for flight control of an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft
Joshua E. Auerbach, Waterbury Center, VT (US)
Assigned to BETA AIR LLC, South Burlington, VT (US)
Filed by BETA AIR, LLC, South Burlington, VT (US)
Filed on Nov. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/389,081.
Application 18/389,081 is a continuation of application No. 17/848,882, filed on Jun. 24, 2022, granted, now 11,851,159.
Application 17/848,882 is a continuation of application No. 17/383,703, filed on Jul. 23, 2021, granted, now 11,377,201, issued on Jul. 5, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0166335 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. B64C 13/04 (2006.01); B64C 13/22 (2006.01); B64C 13/50 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B64D 27/24 (2006.01); B64D 31/04 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 13/0421 (2018.01) [B64C 13/22 (2013.01); B64C 13/503 (2013.01); B64C 29/0033 (2013.01); B64D 27/24 (2013.01); G05D 1/0858 (2013.01); B64D 31/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
one or more flight components of an electric aircraft;
a pilot control;
a pilot display; and
a flight controller communicatively connected to the pilot control and the one or more flight components, the flight controller configured to:
receive a pilot instruction from the pilot control;
control the one or more flight components as a function of the pilot instruction and a transition phase of flight, the transition phase of flight comprising a transition between a hover state and a fixed-wing flight state of the electric aircraft;
determine a minimum safe speed for the electric aircraft;
determine, as a function of the pilot instruction and the minimum safe speed, one or more flight parameters; and
display the one or more flight parameters and the minimum safe speed on the pilot display during the transition phase of flight.