초록 ▼

A wind shear detector provides an alert to the pilot of an aircraft upon the occurrence of a sustained low-level increasing performance shear if the shear occurs for a sufficiently long period of time, even if the shear is of a relatively low magnitude. An integrator is provided to integrate signals

A wind shear detector provides an alert to the pilot of an aircraft upon the occurrence of a sustained low-level increasing performance shear if the shear occurs for a sufficiently long period of time, even if the shear is of a relatively low magnitude. An integrator is provided to integrate signals representative of low-level increasing performance shears and to provide the alert if the accumulated energy caused by the shear exceeds a predetermined level. The integrated low-level shear signal may be combined with currently occurring shear signals and the alert generated if the combination of current increasing performance shear signals and the integrated shear signal exceeds a predetermined level.

대표청구항 ▼

A wind shear warning instrument for an aircraft, comprising: means for providing signals representative of wind shear encountered by the aircraft; means responsive to said providing means for integrating only those wind shear representative signals which are representative of increasing performance

A wind shear warning instrument for an aircraft, comprising: means for providing signals representative of wind shear encountered by the aircraft; means responsive to said providing means for integrating only those wind shear representative signals which are representative of increasing performance wind shear energy and providing a signal representative of the accumulated increasing performance due to wind shear encountered by the aircraft and for terminating integration upon occurrence of a decreasing performance wind shear; and means for monitoring said accumulated increasing performance representative signal and generating an alert whenever the accumulated increasing performance representative signal exceeds a predetermined magnitude.