Patent ID: 9090348
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: B64C,B64D,G05D

Abstract:
1. A control system for portable control of a rotary-wing aircraft, the control system comprising: a portable, hand-held, control device executing a control application, the control device operating in a loaded mode when a load is attached to the rotary-wing aircraft and an unloaded mode when no load is attached to the rotary-wing aircraft, the control device presenting command icons in response to being in loaded mode and unloaded mode; a vehicle management system in the rotary-wing aircraft; a sensor package on the rotary-wing aircraft; and a communication system providing communications between the control device and the rotary-wing aircraft, vehicle management system and sensor package; wherein the control device communicates commands to the vehicle management system to implement loading and unloading of the rotary-wing aircraft; wherein the control device executes a receive aircraft mode, hover mode, en-route mode and ground mode, wherein in the receive aircraft mode, the control device presents a list of aircraft within range of the control device and available for control by the control device, wherein in the hover mode, the control device presents icons to control the rotary-wing aircraft in a hover flight, wherein in the en route mode, the control device commands the rotary-wing aircraft to follow a preloaded flight plan and wherein in the ground mode, the control device commands the rotary-wing aircraft to land.