Patent ID: 8731744
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: G05D

Abstract:
1. A method for guiding an airplane to manage a transition from a rolling angle holding mode, wherein the airplane flies with a constant rolling angle, to a heading holding mode, wherein the airplane flies according to a constant heading with wings of the airplane being folded flat, the method comprising: determining, by a target heading determining device including a calculation unit, a target heading representing a heading value that will be reached by the airplane at the end of a procedure of flat folding the wings of the airplane, initiated at the current instant, from a current operating state of the airplane while automatically performing the following operations: transmitting the target heading to a mode transition triggering system including at least one display screen in a cockpit of the airplane, such that the target heading is compared to a desired heading to be reached by the airplane to aid in triggering the transition from the rolling angle holding mode to the heading holding mode when the target heading matches the desired heading to be reached.