Patent ID: 9352849
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: B60C,B60Q,B64C,B64D,G01C,G01D,G05D

Claim Text:
1. A power safety instrument configured to provide power information in an aircraft, the aircraft including a powerplant, the power safety instrument comprising: a display; a calculation unit for calculating a power required to operate the aircraft in a hover flight mode, the calculation unit being configured to default to calculating the power required based upon out-of-ground effect (OGE) performance data; a power required indicator located on the display, the power required indicator being configured to communicate the power required to operate the aircraft in a hover flight mode; a power available indicator located on the display, the power available indicator being configured to communicate a power available of the powerplant in the aircraft; and an input device for allowing a user to instruct the calculation unit to use in-ground effect (IGE) performance data for calculating the power required to operate the aircraft in the hover flight mode.