Patent ID: 7711455

Claim:
A Propulsion Controlled Aircraft (PCA) system, comprising: a Propulsion Controlled Aircraft Computer (PCAC) a Bus Monitor card in said PCAC and connected to an existing aircraft communications bus for monitoring of aircraft state and pilot commands thereon; a display monitor; and a software program resident on said Propulsion Controlled Aircraft Computer (PCAC), and further including, a first software subroutine for monitoring the aircraft data bus for collecting the aircraft state and pilot commands associated with propulsion only control of an aircraft, a second software subroutine for calculating necessary throttle position based on the aircraft state and pilot commands to complete a desired maneuver, and a third software subroutine for formatting the calculated throttle position as well as the actual monitored aircraft data and, based on aircraft state and desired maneuvers, generating a PCA output for throttle position.