Hi everyone,
I am in the second semester of my final year of a Bsc(Hons)degree in industrial design. I have chosen a project for my final year concerning flight safety in general aviation.
I have been working with some great people over the last few months developing ideas that may improve safety and help build confidence and to date have produced to similar concepts that primarily deal with how the pilot is presented information in flight and a form of virtual co pilot or instructor to watch over the pilot.
What I am looking at now is how to collect the flight information traditionally presented via the 6 primary instruments.
I propose to use a combination of GPS information and a separate gyro to provide attitude information.
With these two inputs providing a three-dimensional model of the aircraft in flight.
I hope you are still with me?
Could anyone, pilots or engineers help me work out exactly what the computer would need to know in order to detect the approaching stall? The basis of the system is a computer that interprets the incoming values and compares them to type specific aircraft figures. This allows it to monitor the various factors that relate to the aircraft being flown safely. Much as your instructor watching over you would.
I am aware there are many factors that relate to the stall not just airspeed or angle of attack but don’t know exactly what they all are !
Any help at all would be hugely appreciated with regard to any of the points I have raised here.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to any information you feel may be of benefit.
Many regards,
Buster