Patent ID: 7337044
Filing Date: 2008-02-26
Classification: G05D

Abstract:
1. A flight control system for controlling actuators responsive to a flight control command, the system comprising: a first flight control computer having a first processor of a first processor type and a second processor of a second processor type; a second flight control computer having a first processor of the second processor type and a second processor of a third processor type; and a third flight control computer having a first processor of the first processor type and a second processor of the third processor type, wherein the first flight control computer, second flight control computer, and third flight control computer are interconnected with each other and wherein the second processor of each flight control computer is arranged to determine valid operation of the first processor of the same flight control computer by comparison of the output of the first processor of the same flight control computer and output of the second processor, and wherein the first processor of each flight control computer is a command lane processor and the second processor of each flight control computer is a monitor lane processor.