Abstract: A data recording and transmission method and system for use in balancing a propeller of an aircraft. The method comprises operating the propeller in-flight, receiving, during operation of the propeller in-flight, vibration data associated with the propeller, retrieving, from a non-volatile memory on-board the aircraft, configuration data associated with the propeller, and transmitting the vibration data and the configuration data to a data processing device configured to determine a balancing solution for the propeller based one the vibration data and the configuration data.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 19, 2020
Date of Patent:
July 11, 2023
Assignee:
PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
Inventors:
Jennifer Erin Tsang, John Peter O'Malley, III, Peter Lee, Robert Wigny