Process for improving the maneuverability of an aircraft during a resource
View Patent ↗Process for improving the maneuverability of an aircraft during a resource. According to the invention, prior to the resource, the adjustable horizontal tailplane ( 2 ) is nose-up deflected and the elevators ( 4 ) are nose-down deflected.
1. A process for controlling an aircraft having to perform a resource, said aircraft comprising an adjustable horizontal tailplane to which are hinged elevators, and said aircraft being in an initial flight phase in which said elevators are disposed in direst aerodynamic alignment with said adjustable horizontal tailplane, said process comprising the steps of:
simultaneously deflecting said adjustable horizontal tailplane in the nose-up direction and deflecting said elevators in the nose-down direction, in such a way that the combination of the nose-up action of said adjustable horizontal tailplane and of the nose-down action of said elevators engenders a resultant aerodynamic force which is at least approximately equal to that engendered by the assembly of said adjustable horizontal tailplane and of said elevators in said initial flight phase; and then
deflecting said elevators in the nose-up direction in order to perform said resource.
2. The process of claim 1 , wherein said initial flight phase is a cruising flight and said resultant aerodynamic force is at least approximately zero.