Patent ID: 7788013

Claim:
A method of providing a remote adjustment to a portion of an airplane engine, the method comprising: attaching a remote adjuster to the portion of the airplane engine at a proximate location to the airplane engine while the airplane engine is not running, the portion being configured to receive a direct manual adjustment from a user while the airplane engine is running and while the user is in direct physical contact with the portion; after attaching the remote adjuster to the portion of the airplane engine, supplying user input to the remote adjuster at a distal location to the airplane engine to provide a remote adjustment to the portion of the airplane engine through the remote adjuster in place of the direct manual adjustment from the user; and after supplying the user input to the remote adjuster, removing the remote adjuster from the portion of the airplane engine; wherein the remote adjuster includes (i) a driver which is configured to come into direct physical contact with the portion of the airplane engine upon attachment of the remote adjuster to the portion of the airplane engine, (ii) a controller which is configured to receive the user input, and (iii) a coupler which links the controller to the driver to convey the user input from the controller to the driver; wherein supplying the user input to the remote adjuster includes applying the user input to the controller to remotely adjust the portion of the airplane engine from an initial setting to a new setting through the driver and the coupler; wherein the portion of the airplane engine includes a mechanical linkage; wherein applying the user input to the controller to remotely adjust the portion of the airplane engine from the initial setting to the new setting includes changing a size of the mechanical linkage to tune operation of the airplane engine.