Patent ID: 7159825

Claim:
A process for optimizing the deflection of the spoiler flaps of an aircraft in flight, each deployed position of said spoiler flaps being controlled by the pilot of said aircraft, wherein, in real time: computing an incidence potential liable to be consumed by said spoiler flaps without endangering said aircraft; and deflecting said spoiler flaps, toward the instructed deployed position, as a function of said incidence potential, wherein: said incidence potential is of the type A=αprot−α−m, in which expression: α is the current incidence of said aircraft, αprot is a predetermined value of incidence, which is less than the stalling incidence of the aircraft and onward of which there come into action automatic piloting mechanisms preventing said current incidence from being able to increase while approaching said stalling incidence, and m is a safety margin with respect to αprot.