Patent ID: 11880211
Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. An aircraft controller configured to:
determine a time period and/or distance range over which deployment of a landing gear can be initiated for aircraft landing of an aircraft at an aircraft landing site, wherein the determining of the time period and/or the distance range is based on prevailing conditions during the aircraft landing and information related to the aircraft and the aircraft landing site, and wherein the determined time period and/or distance range comprises a determined first portion of the time period and/or the distance range, during which landing gear deployment can be safely initiated, and a determined second portion of the time period and/or the distance range, closer to aircraft landing than the first portion, during which the landing gear deployment can be safely initiated in an efficient landing mode;
issue a first pilot feedback, before deployment of the landing gear and when the first portion of the determined time period and/or distance range is entered by the aircraft, the first pilot feedback indicating that deployment of the landing gear is safe;
issue a second pilot feedback, before deployment of the landing gear and when the second portion of the determined time period and/or distance range is entered by the aircraft, the second pilot feedback indicating that the landing gear can be lowered in the efficient landing mode; and
initiate landing gear deployment when the aircraft is in the determined time period and/or distance range, in response to receiving a deployment signal from a pilot of the aircraft.