Volume II. Flying Qualities Phase. Chapter 7: Lateral-Directional Static Stability.

Abstract

Your study of flying qualities to date has been concerned with the stability of the airplane flying in equilibrium on symmetrical flight paths. More specifically, you have been concerned with the problem of providing control over the airplane's angle of attack and thereby its lift coefficient, and with ensuring static stability of this angle of attack. This course considers the characteristics of the airplane when its flight path no longer lies in the plane of symmetry. This means that the relative wind will make some angle to the aircraft centerline which we define as Beta. The motions which result from Beta being applied to the airplane are motion along the y-axis and motion about the x and z axes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA319978

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Configurations
  • Aerodynamic Forces
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airfoils
  • Airframes
  • Airplanes
  • Aspect Ratio
  • Control Surfaces
  • Control Systems
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Equations
  • Flight Paths
  • Horizontal Stabilizers
  • Jet Aircraft
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Swept Wings

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Control Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers