Patent ID: 8231082
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: B64C

Abstract:
1. An aircraft, comprising: a fuselage, a left wing and a right wing opposite one another with respect to said fuselage and each enclosing at least one fuel tank; a control device that controls transfer of fuel from a tank on one wing to a tank on another wing; and an automatic pilot that detects a roll-wise inclination of the aircraft as a result of lateral dissymmetry generating an aerodynamic moment, wherein the automatic pilot is linked to the control device such that the automatic pilot controls the control device to transfer a portion of the fuel, with the transfer of the fuel being made from the tank on the one wing to the tank on the other wing so as to correct the resulting lateral dissymmetry by balancing the aerodynamic moment only at a condition of rectilinear and uniform cruising flight of the aircraft.