Patent ID: 9690291
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: B64C,G05D,Y02T

Claim:
1. A flight control system for an aircraft, comprising: a processor that processes a plurality of inputs from the aircraft, that contains a plurality of control laws that control operation of the aircraft, and that provides a plurality of outputs that control a plurality of devices located on the aircraft; a pair of first input devices, a first one of the first input devices controlled by a pilot of the aircraft, a second one of the first input devices controlled by a co-pilot of the aircraft, each one of the first input devices being operable to input a first control signal to the processor to cause the aircraft to be in a momentary first priority control condition; and a pair of second input devices located apart from the pair of first input devices, a first one of the second input devices controlled by a pilot of the aircraft, a second one of the second input devices controlled by a co-pilot of the aircraft, each one of the second input devices being operable to input a second control signal to the processor to cause the aircraft to be in a momentary second priority control condition.