Patent ID: 7143003

Claim:
A pilot indicator ( 13 ) for an aircraft having at least one gas turbine engine for propulsion or even for lift, the indicator comprising a set of sensors ( 23 ) delivering information relating to a set of monitoring parameters of said aircraft, and further comprising processor means ( 17 ) for processing information coming from said set of sensors, and display means ( 18 ) provided with a display screen ( 19 ), said processor means ( 17 ) determining an estimated value of a limiting parameter, where said limiting parameter is the monitoring parameter that is closest to its limit, wherein, during acceleration of the engine, said processor means ( 17 ) determine said estimated value from the following predictive relationship in acceleration, in which IPT, IPL, k, and dIPL/dt correspond respectively to said estimated value of the limiting parameter, the present value of the limiting parameter, a multiplier coefficient, and the variation of said present value over a time interval: IPT = IPL + k ⁡ ( ⅆ IPL ⅆ t ) 4 .