Patent ID: 6929222

Claim:
A flight control system comprising: one cable control system operating one control surface and another cable control system operating another control surface each said cable control system including at least a driving pulley and a set of control cables operatively connected to said pulley and to said control surface, whether directly or indirectly, so that the rotation of said pulley causes rotation of said control surface, each pulley independently rotatable about a common axle; a driving system operatively connected to receive a control input and having output members coupled to said pulleys to produce an output causing said pulleys to rotate said control surfaces in the intended direction while at the same time if one of said pulleys experiences a resistance to rotation enables continuous and uninterrupted operation of said other pulley by said control input—and furthermore—enabling said pulleys to rotate independently of said control input when said pulleys receive forced feedback from unequal load between those two control surfaces; control input means operatively connected to impart motion input to said driving system to cause said driving system to produce said output.