Patent attributes
A control system for a powered lift aircraft includes a pilot input device, at least one powered lift element configured to provide powered lift support to the aircraft, and a processor. The processor is configured to receive, from the pilot input device, an input indicative of one of a powered lift enabled mode or a powered lift disabled mode and control the at least one powered lift element to operate the aircraft in a selected one of the powered lift enabled mode or the powered lift disabled mode based on the received input. When the aircraft is in the powered lift enabled mode, the at least one processor is configured to control the at least one powered lift element based on a state of the aircraft. When the aircraft is in the powered lift disabled mode, the at least one processor is configured to control the at least one powered lift element to disable powered lift.
