System and method for controlling flight path of a blown lift aircraft

1. A system for controlling an aircraft comprising:

a computing device, wherein the computing device includes at least one processor configured to control a flight path angle of the aircraft, and wherein the aircraft is a blown lift aircraft;

a control operator communicatively coupled to the computing device, wherein the control operator is configured to have plurality of selectable predefined settings comprising takeoff, cruise, descent, off, and reverse; and

at least two thrust-producing devices operatively coupled to a pair of wings on the aircraft and communicatively coupled to the computing device, wherein the computing device controls the flight path angle of the aircraft by selectively operating the at least two thrust-producing devices based on a plurality of conditions provided by a plurality of sensors on the aircraft and a selected predefined setting of the predefined settings of the control operator to achieve a desired flight path angle based on the selected predefined setting.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computing device further includes a display adapted to display the plurality of conditions.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the control operator is a lever configured to travel through the plurality of selectable predefined settings.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the control operator includes a tunable adjuster configured to fine-tune a power level of the at least two thrust-producing devices.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the control operator is a touchscreen on a user interface communicatively coupled to the computing device.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least two thrust-producing devices are electric propulsion units.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor of the computing device is further configured to differentially control the at least two thrust-producing devices based on the plurality of conditions and a control operator setting from the plurality of selectable predefined settings.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of conditions comprises inputs from one or more of an air data module, an aircraft configuration module, a weight-on-wheels module, a power mechanism position for the at least two thrust-producing devices, an aircraft attitude module, and an autopilot module.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor of the computing device is further configured to control the flight path angle of the aircraft using at least one of an algorithm, a lookup table, and a machine learned model.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the reverse setting of the plurality of selectable predefined settings is gated off.

11. A method for controlling an aircraft comprising:

receiving, at a computing device, a selected predefined setting from a control operator, wherein the control operator has plurality of selectable predefined settings comprising takeoff, cruise, descent, off, and reverse and is communicatively coupled to the computing device, and wherein the computing device contains at least one processor configured to control a flight path angle of a blown lift aircraft;

evaluating a plurality of conditions from a plurality of sensors on the aircraft; and

controlling the flight path angle of the aircraft by selectively operating at least two thrust-producing devices communicatively coupled to the computing device based at least in part on the evaluation of the plurality of conditions and the selected predefined setting of the control operator from the plurality of selectable predefined settings to achieve a desired flight path angle based on the selected predefined setting.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising receiving a tuning input from a tunable adjuster operatively coupled to the control operator, wherein the tuning input fine-tunes a power level of the at least two thrust-producing devices.

13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising operating, differentially, the at least two thrust-producing devices based on the evaluation of the plurality of conditions and the selected predefined setting of the control operator from the plurality of selectable predefined settings.

14. The method of claim 11 , further comprising displaying the plurality of conditions to a user.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the controlling step is based on the computing device calculating the flight path angle based at least in part on at least one of an algorithm, a lookup table, and a machine learned model.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of selectable predefined settings correspond to modes of operation of the aircraft.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the control operator is a lever configured to travel through the plurality of selectable predefined settings.

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein the control operator includes a tunable adjuster configured to fine-tune a power level of the at least two thrust-producing devices.

19. The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least two thrust-producing devices are electric propulsion units.

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, when executed by at least one processor, cause a computing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving a selected setting of a control operator, wherein the control operator has at plurality of selectable predefined settings comprising takeoff, cruise, descent, off, and reverse;

evaluating a plurality of conditions from a plurality of sensors; and

based at least in part on the evaluation of the plurality of conditions from a plurality of sensors and the selected setting of the control operator from the plurality of selectable predefined settings, controlling a flight path angle of a blown lift aircraft by selectively operating at least two thrust-producing devices communicatively coupled to the computing device to achieve a desired flight path angle based on the selected setting.