US 12,391,372 B2
Aircraft system
Simon John Cozens, Bristol (GB); Fernando Izquierdo Civera, Bristol (GB); Nicholas Elliott, Bristol (GB); Daren Payne, Bristol (GB); Livier Ben, Bristol (GB); Julien Decronsonniere, Bristol (GB); and James Cullingham, Bristol (GB)
Assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, Bristol (GB); and AIRBUS OPERATIONS (S.A.S.), Toulouse (FR)
Filed by AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, Bristol (GB); and AIRBUS OPERATIONS (S.A.S.), Toulouse (FR)
Filed on Feb. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/679,541.
Claims priority of application No. 2102827 (GB), filed on Feb. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0274690 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. B64C 25/16 (2006.01); B64C 25/28 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 25/28 (2013.01) [B64C 25/16 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aircraft system for an aircraft, the aircraft system comprising a controller that is configured, during a take-off procedure, to:
determine that a one engine inoperative condition is met;
determine that a predetermined take-off criterion is met; and
on the basis of the determination that the one engine inoperative condition is met, and prior to receiving a command to retract a landing gear of the aircraft:
initiate automatic opening of a landing gear bay door associated with the landing gear from a closed position towards an open position when the determination is made by the controller that the predetermined take-off criterion is met, and
inhibit the automatic opening when the determination is made by the controller that the predetermined take-off criterion is not met.