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Stability and Control: Rotational Motion

An aircraft is stable if it returns to its initial equilibrium flight conditions when disturbed, while instability causes the aircraft to either uniformly depart from or oscillate about the equilibrium state with increasing amplitude. There are two modes of aircraft control: one moves the aircraft between stable states, while the other takes the aircraft into an accelerating non-equilibrium state, with control being directly opposed to stability. Stability and control are important factors in aircraft design and flight.

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Stability and Control: Rotational Motion

An aircraft is stable if it returns to its initial equilibrium flight conditions when disturbed, while instability causes the aircraft to either uniformly depart from or oscillate about the equilibrium state with increasing amplitude. There are two modes of aircraft control: one moves the aircraft between stable states, while the other takes the aircraft into an accelerating non-equilibrium state, with control being directly opposed to stability. Stability and control are important factors in aircraft design and flight.

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Stability and Control

Rotational Motion
Stability and Control
An aircraft is stable if it returns to its initial equilibrium
flight conditions when it is perturbed. There are two main
types of aircraft instability:
An aircraft with static instability uniformly departs from
an equilibrium condition

An aircraft with dynamic instability oscillates about the


equilibrium condition with increasing amplitude.

There are two modes of aircraft control: one moves the


aircraft between equilibrium states, the other takes the
aircraft into a non-equilibrium (accelerating) state.
Control is directly opposed to stability.
Longitudinal Static Stability
cg

Time = 0.0
Tail Force

Aircraft encounters gust


Resulting Motion
Nose pitches up

Time = 1.0 Tail Force

Airflow Direction

Time = 2.0 Tail Force


Lateral Static Stability
Time = 0.0
Lift Vectors
Dihedral Angle
View Downstream
Weight

Aircraft rolls
slightly to the right
Time = 1.0
Resulting
Motion
Weight

Lift Vectors

Time = 2.0 Dihedral Angle

Weight

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