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- Flight Dynamics II (Stability)41
- 2.1Earth Atmosphere, Aircraft components, Aircraft nomenclature
- 2.2Basic aerodynamics
- 2.3Equilibrium and stability
- 2.4Static vs dynamic stability
- 2.5Criterion for stability, Wing contribution
- 2.6Horizontal tail contribution
- 2.7Wing plus tail contribution
- 2.8Static margin and CG limits
- 2.9Fuselage contribution
- 2.10Powerplant contribution
- 2.11Power effects on neutral point
- 2.12Elevator
- 2.13Stick free stability, Most fwd CG location
- 2.14Longitudinal stick force per ‘g’, Ground effect
- 2.15Control requirement, Pull-up maneuver, Maneuver point
- 2.16Elevator per ‘g’ , Maneuver point
- 2.17Example problems
- 2.18Lateral-Directional Stability Derivatives, Fuselage/Vertical fin contribution
- 2.19Roll stability, Wing sweep effect, Rudder
- 2.20Dihedral effect, Various contributions
- 2.21Power effects, Roll control, Aileron
- 2.22Example problems
- 2.23Derivation of Translational Motion Equations
- 2.24Derivation of Angular Motion Equations
- 2.25Description of various forces and moments
- 2.26Nonlinearities and Associated Aircraft Behavior
- 2.27Small perturbation method, Linearization of equations
- 2.28Aerodynamic force and Moment Derivatives
- 2.29Contribution of Aircraft components to Aerodynamic Derivatives
- 2.30Linear Model and Aircraft Dynamics Modes
- 2.31Short Period, Phugoid(Lanchester’s formulation)
- 2.32Short period mode approximation
- 2.33Flying and Handling Qualities, Cooper Harper Scale
- 2.34Pure rolling motion, Pure yawing motion,Spiral approximation
- 2.35Spiral, Roll, Dutch roll Mode approximations
- 2.36Lateral directional Flying Qualities, Routh’s Stability criterion
- 2.37Stability in Steady Roll Maneuver
- 2.38Wind Effect on Aircraft Pure Plunging Motion
- 2.39Wind Profiles, Longitudinal Mode Response to Wind Shear
- 2.40Stability control/Augmentation
- 2.41Autopilots, Automatic Landing System