ARO 578 - Aircraft Stability (4)

General equations of unsteady motion. Stability derivatives. Stability of uncontrolled motion; longitudinal, lateral. Response of the vehicle to actuation of the controls. Flight in turbulent air. Automatic stability and control. Specialization to missiles. Simulation. Inertial cross-coupling. Automatic landing and takeoff. Transfer functions.

Prerequisite(s): Undergraduate courses in classical control theory and flight dynamics.
Component(s): 4 lectures/problem-solving.