Patent ID: 11873082
Assignee: AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES CORPORATION, A SUBSIDIARY OF THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A propulsion system for controlling maneuvers of a tilt rotor aircraft, the propulsion system comprising:
one or more processors; and
a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the propulsion system to perform functions comprising:
making a determination that changing an orientation of the tilt rotor aircraft is necessary to perform an instructed flight maneuver; and
causing, in response to the determination, a rotor of the tilt rotor aircraft to provide a thrust, thereby applying a torque to the tilt rotor aircraft that changes the orientation of the tilt rotor aircraft.