Patent ID: 8774986

Claim:
A HGS (Head-up Guidance System) device for displaying suggested pitch and roll command guidance to a pilot of an aircraft during a takeoff roll, a rotation, and an initial climbout, comprising: a HUD (Head-up Display), which includes an aircraft reference symbol and a takeoff rotation guidance cue; and a processing unit operatively connected to the HUD for calculating and displaying on the HUD the takeoff rotation guidance cue, the takeoff rotation guidance cue indicating a suggested takeoff rotation pitch command and a suggested takeoff rotation roll command to the pilot; wherein, as displayed on the HUD, the aircraft reference symbol has an x position and a y position indicating aircraft current path, the takeoff rotation guidance cue has an x position equal to the reference symbol x position, and a y position equal to the y position of the aircraft symbol plus the suggested takeoff rotation pitch command, the suggested takeoff rotation pitch command based at least on a pitch command limit, a pitch command ramp, and an engine failure factor, and the guidance cue is rotated about the aircraft reference symbol indicating the suggested takeoff rotation roll command, the suggested takeoff rotation roll command based at least on a roll command limit, a track error, a track error gain, a yaw rate, and a yaw rate gain.