Patent ID: 8473117

Claim:
A flight control system for a fixed-wing model aircraft, the flight control system comprising: a wing leveling module for leveling wings of the model aircraft with respect to a horizontal plane, the wing leveling module comprising: a gyroscope mounted on the model aircraft, the gyroscope having a spin axis, the spin axis is positioned in a plane defined by a roll axis and a yaw axis of the model aircraft and is offset by a predetermined angle from the yaw axis, the gyroscope is configured for detecting a condition when the wings of the model aircraft are not level to the horizontal plane, and the gyroscope is further configured for controlling movement of the model aircraft with respect to at least one of the roll axis or the yaw axis; and a bank angle limiting module for conditionally reducing a response rate for a roll command, the bank angle limiting module comprising: a deflection determination module for determining a percentage of deflection of a control stick, the control stick associated with providing the roll command; a timing module for determining a time delay at least partially based on the percentage of deflection of the control stick; and a rate reduction module for reducing the response rate for the roll command when the percentage of deflection of the control stick is maintained after the time delay has elapsed.