Patent ID: 8788123

Claim:
A method of assisted piloting for an aircraft having a rotary wing and a propulsion unit including at least one propulsion propeller, each propeller having a plurality of first blades, and the rotary wing including a rotor provided with a plurality of second blades, the method comprising: translating an order given to an aircraft controller by a pilot of the aircraft to request a movement in a direction into an acceleration setpoint along said direction; transforming, by a processor in communication with the aircraft controller, the acceleration setpoint by predetermined relationships into a required longitudinal attitude setpoint (θ*) and into a first required load factor setpoint (Nx*) in a longitudinal direction of the aircraft parallel to a roll axis of said aircraft; transmitting the required longitudinal attitude setpoint (θ*) to a first automatic system for maintaining longitudinal attitude by controlling a longitudinal cyclic pitch of the second blades of the rotary wing in order to comply with said required longitudinal attitude setpoint (θ*); and transmitting the first required load factor setpoint (Nx*) to a second automatic system for maintaining load factor by controlling a collective pitch of the first blades of the propulsion unit in order to comply with said first load factor setpoint (Nx*).