ACTUATION SYSTEM FOR AN ADJUSTABLE AIRCRAFT FLAP AND METHOD FOR RECONFIGURING THE ACTUATION SYSTEM

摘要

The invention pertains to a monitoring device (5) for an actuation system of an aircraft that comprises a function for monitoring a guiding device (A1 1, A12, B11, B12, A21, A22, B21, B22) of a regulating flap (K; A1, A2; B1, B2) with a load sensor (S1; S2), wherein the monitoring device (5) comprises an interface to the load sensor (S1; S2) and an interface to a driving device (P; PA1, PA2, PB1, PB2) for adjusting the regulating flap, wherein the monitoring device (5) is realized in such a way that it determines or receives in-flight information that actively signals a predefined flight attitude and/or a predefined operational state of the aircraft, wherein the monitoring device (5) comprises: a comparing function for carrying out a comparison between a load value that corresponds to a sensor value acquired by the load sensor and a limiting value that corresponds to a minimum operational load for the predefined flight attitude and/or the predefined operational state of the aircraft and a monitoring function, and wherein the monitoring function is realized in such a way that it assigns a fault mode to the regulating flap if it is determined that the predefined flight attitude and/or the predefined operational state of the aircraft exists as a result of the comparison showing that this limiting value corresponding to the minimum operational load is not reached. The invention furthermore pertains to an actuation system with such a monitoring device (5) and to a method for reconfiguring such an actuation system.