Patent ID: 9638601
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: B64C,G01M

Claim:
1. A method of adjusting track and balance of a rotary blade, comprising: receiving performance data for a rotary blade; establishing at least one threshold for the rotary blade; defining an adjustment solution search tree; selecting a first adjustment solution from the search tree for evaluation; evaluating the first adjustment solution using the threshold; determining whether to evaluate a second adjustment solution from the search tree based on the evaluation of the first adjustment solution; determining a number of adjustments for the selected first adjustment solution; comparing the number of adjustments for the selected first adjustment solution with the threshold for the rotary blade; pruning the first adjustment solution based on the determined number of adjustments and threshold comparison; selecting a second adjustment solution from the search tree for evaluation; and adjusting track and balance of the rotary blade according to one of the first adjustment solution and the second adjustment solution.