The present invention achieves technical advantages as a pilot and passenger seating. An aircraft employs a pilot seat, comprising a contoured structure having ergonomically formed and padded surfaces, with left and right arm supports that include an articulated control knob, movable in three rectangular axes and rotatable about a vertical axis to provide one or more aircraft steering functions for an aircraft, and a touch-sensitive control surface for controlling one or more power system components. A passenger seat, having a contoured structure, having ergonomically formed and padded surfaces, a headrest, a seat, a left support member, and a right support member are adapted to cradle a portion of a passenger's body to support the passenger during travel.

A helicopter autopilot system includes an inner loop for attitude hold for the flight of the helicopter including a given level of redundancy applied to the inner loop. An outer loop is configured for providing a navigation function with respect to the flight of the helicopter including a different level of redundancy than the inner loop. An actuator provides a braking force on a linkage that serves to stabilize the flight of the helicopter during a power failure. The actuator is electromechanical and receives electrical drive signals to provide automatic flight control of the helicopter without requiring a hydraulic assistance system in the helicopter. The autopilot can operate the helicopter in a failed mode of the hydraulic assistance system. A number of flight modes are described with associated sensor inputs including rate based and true attitude modes.

A pedal system for a vehicle, where the vehicle is configured for operating in a first vehicle mode for flight operational use and a second vehicle mode for road operational use. The pedal system includes a first pedal arrangement having a first lower pedal part and a first upper pedal part arranged in connection to each other. In the first vehicle mode the first lower pedal part is configured for activating a rudder function of the vehicle, and in the first vehicle mode the first upper pedal part is configured for activating a braking function of the vehicle. In the second vehicle mode the first lower pedal part and the first upper pedal part are configured for cooperating with each other to activate a throttle function of the vehicle.

A rudder bar includes a main module provided at least with pedals and with all the elements subject to maintenance, the main module being one-piece and detachable relative to a support frame integrated into the floor of the cockpit of the aircraft, so as to exhibit significant flexibility with respect to its maintainability, particularly in the event of the failure of a component, by allowing quick intervention both on a local level and an overall level.

Tail rotor control system is described for helicopters. A pedal position sensor operable by a pilot yields greater tail rotor RPM relative to the main rotor RPM, giving the pilot increased control over the vehicle. This proves especially useful in certain situations, such as high altitude, where increasing tail rotor speed from main rotor speed can give a pilot increased maneuverability and stability.

A land-and-air vehicle configured to switch between a first form to be taken during ground traveling and a second form to be taken during flight includes a main body, a main wing unit, an operation unit, and a controller. The controller is configured to control, on the basis of an operation performed on the operation unit by an operator, a behavior of the land-and-air vehicle during the ground traveling and during the flight. The operation unit includes a handle and a step. The handle of the operation unit includes a throttle unit. The controller is configured to control, both during the ground traveling and during the flight, yawing of the land-and-air vehicle in response to an operation performed on the handle, and to control thrust for the land-and-air vehicle during the flight in response to an operation performed on the throttle unit.

A simulator includes a control stick including a first rotatable control shaft and a second rotatable control shaft; a first reaction force generator including a spring that generates a reaction force to an operation of the first control shaft; a second reaction force generator including a spring that generates a reaction force to an operation of the second control shaft; a motor that displaces the spring to change a neutral position of the first control shaft; and a motor that displaces the spring to change a neutral position of the second control shaft. An output shaft of the motor is located below the first reaction force generator, and an output shaft of the motor is located above the second reaction force generator.

A control method of an air vehicle for urban air mobility (UAM) is provided. The method enable people to more easily control an air vehicle for UAM, and moves in a flight manner familiar to people during flight to allow a driver and passengers comfortably use the air vehicle without discomfort such as motion sickness, dizziness, etc. The control method includes acquiring air vehicle driving information; adjusting an altitude of the air vehicle to a target altitude; adjusting longitudinal acceleration and longitudinal deceleration of the air vehicle; and operating steering during flight of the air vehicle.

An aircraft having a frame assembly that supports a compressor having an outer shell that defines front and rear nozzle ports with rotatable nozzles for selectable vertical or horizontal thrust. The inner shell and the outer shell define an intake gap therebetween such as an annulus. A first fan unit within the inner shell and is configured to exhaust air through the front nozzle ports. A second fan unit within the outer shell intakes air through the intake gap and exhausts air through the rear nozzle ports. The fan units are preferably connected to one another via a drive shaft that is surrounded by a streamlining tube. The fan units each include a plurality of fans having stators therebetween. The stators have a plurality of stator arms with a wing structure pivotally attached to the trailing edge for angling air flow from a front to a rear fan.

A control system for operating an air vehicle for urban air mobility (UAM) is arranged such that when a steering operation for a steering wheel and a stroke operation for an accelerator pedal and a brake pedal are performed for operating the air vehicle for UAM, haptic feedback providing notification of any operational limitations is provided to a driver, so that operation stability and convenience of the driver are secured and stable steering, acceleration, and deceleration of the air vehicle are performed.