Patent ID: 9580169
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: B64C,B64D,Y02T

Claim:
1. A system for controlling a magnitude of a sonic boom caused by operation of a supersonic aircraft at supersonic speeds, the system comprising: a sensor configured to detect a condition of the supersonic aircraft; a control surface mounted to a wing of the supersonic aircraft; and a processor communicatively coupled to the sensor and operatively coupled with the control surface, the processor configured to: wherein the processor is configured to control the control surface in a manner that applies a torsion force to the wing, the torsion force causing the wing to twist in a nose-up direction when the processor determines that the condition of the supersonic aircraft will cause the wing to twist in a nose-down direction, and the torsion force causing the wing to twist in a nose-down direction when the processor determines that the condition of the supersonic aircraft will cause the wing to twist in a nose-up direction and wherein the condition comprises one of an off-design condition weight of the supersonic aircraft and an off-design condition velocity of the supersonic aircraft.