Patent ID: 7414544
Filing Date: 2008-08-19
Classification: B60K,G01D

Abstract:
1. A power situation indicator configured to provide power information in a rotorcraft, said rotorcraft including an engine, the power situation indicator comprising: a detection unit configured to provide a current value of each of a plurality of control parameters, each of said plurality of control parameters including a pre-determined operating limit; a calculation unit configured to normalize on a common power scale (a) the current value, and (b) the pre-determined operating limit of each of said plurality of control parameters, and a display unit configured to dynamically display on the common power scale a first moveable indicator and a second moveable indicator, said first moveable indicator being driven by one of the plurality of control parameters having the highest normalized current value and said second moveable indicator being driven by one of the plurality of control parameters having its normalized current value that is the closest to its corresponding normalized pre-determined operating limit.