Patent ID: 9216829
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: B64C,B64F,G01B,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A system for rigging a control surface of an aircraft that is movable relative to a reference structure of the aircraft by means of at least one actuator, the system comprising: a mobile control unit connectable to the at least one actuator, an input means providing a command signal for moving the control surface, and an optical rigging apparatus having a first rigging component and a second rigging component, the first rigging component fixed relative to the reference structure of the aircraft, and the second rigging component fixed relative to the control surface, wherein the optical rigging apparatus provides an indication of relative spatial positions of the first and second rigging components, and the mobile control unit generates an actuator signal for inducing a motion of the control surface based on the command signal of the input means.