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The document outlines the class rules and exam tips for a course on Flight Dynamics, emphasizing respect, participation, and communication. It discusses the importance of flying and handling qualities in aircraft, which are influenced by stability and control, and provides a structured approach to problem-solving in exams. Additionally, it covers mathematical modeling and basic control-response relationships essential for understanding aircraft dynamics.

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Flight Dynamics- Lecture 1-TS

The document outlines the class rules and exam tips for a course on Flight Dynamics, emphasizing respect, participation, and communication. It discusses the importance of flying and handling qualities in aircraft, which are influenced by stability and control, and provides a structured approach to problem-solving in exams. Additionally, it covers mathematical modeling and basic control-response relationships essential for understanding aircraft dynamics.

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Flight Dynamics :

Introduction
Class Rules

 RESPECT
 NO PHONES ALLOWED IN MY CLASS
 NO PLAGIA
 PARTICIPATION
 YOUR PRESENCE COUNTS
 COMMUNICATION IS ASSURED THROUGH EMAILS
 QUESTIONS, OPINIONS, NEW IDEAS, ….. ARE WELCOME!
 OFFICE HOURS
Exam Tips

To excel at the Exam, follow the problem-solving structure below:

 Knowns/Unknowns: List the given parameters. List the parameters you must find.

 Free Body Diagram: Draw a neat FBD that includes arrows with arrowheads, dimensions, and all the parameters needed to solve the
problem. (When appropriate).

 Assumptions: List any assumptions made, and the equations you will need.

 Steps: Give necessary details so that people can easily follow your calculations. Answers without the steps will not be accepted.

 Equations: label each equation with a number (1), (2), (3), etc.

 Answer: Include units and box your final answers.

 Neatness: Disorganized, incomplete, and/or copied work will be penalized.


Flight Dynamics-Introduction

 Issues addressed in the flight dynamics field are flying and


handling qualities.
 The flying and handling qualities are determined by the stability
and the control of the air vehicule.
 Points to be addressed:
➢ The relation between the stability and control characteristics of
an aircraft, using the equations of motion and solving them.
➢ The solutions of these equations are then investigated and
interpreted, to get the general interpretation of dynamic
behavior.
➢ Then an analysis of the acceptable flying qualities according to
the defined requirements, and the limited flight characteristics. http://www.stengel.mycpanel.princeton.edu/MAE331.html

➢ How can we improve the dynamic characteristics of an aircraft?


Flying and handling qualities
 The flying and handling qualities of an aircraft are those properties describing the ease and effectiveness with which it responds
to pilot commands in the execution of a flight task, or Mission Task Element (MTE).
 Flying and handling qualities are subjective qualities, they are mostly formulated in terms of the pilot opinion and thus
described qualitatively. The pilot tends to comprise a qualitative description of how well the aircraft carries out the commanded
task. Flying qualities are the task related .

The pilot’s perception of handling perception is done qualitatively, of the adequacy of the short-term
dynamic response to controls in the execution of the flight task. Handling qualities are the response related.
Flying and handling qualities: Fly-By-Wire

 Fly-By-Wire (FBW) primary flight


control, is a system where the flight
control system becomes an integral part
of the primary signal flow path and the
influence of its dynamic characteristics
on flying and handling qualities is
primarly.
 The flying and handling qualities are a
function of stability, control and dynamic
characteristics of the airframe, flight
control system dynamics, and the
response to atmospheric disturbances.
General considerations

Basic control-response relationships


Modeling diagram
Mathematical models
Stability and Control
Aircraft equations of motion
Aerodynamics

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operation/advanced-flight-training/flying-qualities/
Basic control-response relationships

 Define and provide a description of the basic input-


output relationships on which the flying and
handling qualities of unaugmented aircraft depend.
 The input-output relationships are described by the
aerodynamic transfer functions which provide the
simplest and most fundamental description of
airframe dynamics. While they describe the control-
response relationship as a function of flight
condition and may include the influence of
atmospheric disturbances when appropriate.
 This framework is a mathematical model of the
aircraft, which is represented by the equations of
motion.
Modeling diagram
• Describe and simplify the real
problem

• Find the mathematical model


(determine the mathematical
relationships among variables • Implementation and use
of the model) associated with
the physical problem

• Testing and Validation: Check


• Find the solution to the
the feasibility of the found
mathematical problem
solutions
Mathematical models

The mathematical model mainly describes the aircraft dynamics, the


aicraft control systems, atmospheric disturbances and all the related
factors.
The main drawback of the models is their lack of functional visibility.
For investigation purposes, it is more adequate using simple
approximate models, that have the advantage of maximizing functional
visibility thereby drawing attention to the dominant characteresitics.
 For a given problem, it is necessary to develop a model which
balances the desire for response fidelity against the requirement to
maintain functional visibility.
THE END
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