Steering control in an aircraft equipped with a wheel drive system

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PATENT NO 9751621
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14341742

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Control of aircraft steering during ground travel is provided in an aircraft equipped with an engines-off wheel drive system controllable to move the aircraft autonomously on the ground without reliance on the aircraft's main engines or external tow vehicles. The wheel drive system is designed to interact with the aircraft's nose wheel hydraulic steering system to augment or replace the hydraulic steering system with the operation of the wheel drive system at taxi speeds, particularly at very low taxi speeds and even when the aircraft is stopped, to steer the aircraft as it maneuvers through turns during ground travel between landing and takeoff and at other times.

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WHEELTUG PLC3RD FLOOR ATLANTIC HOUSE 4-8 CIRCULAR ROAD DOUGLAS IM1 AG

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Cox, Isaiah W London, GB 84 540

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