Describing Aircraft Motion

● Attitude, Speed and Trajectory

● Attitude : Euler Angles
● Speed Vector in Ground coordinates
● Speed Vector in Body coordinates
Attitude, Speed and Trajectory
 Euler Angles

X
ϴ
X0
Y0
Φ

Y
Z Z0
Z0 Z

• Ground coordinate system

• Body coordinate system

Track and Flight Path Angle

X Xa

X0
Aerodynamic Coordinate System

X Xa

Y X
Ya
Xa

Za
Z
 Pitch – FPA – AOA Relationship

v X
Xa α

X0

If bank angle f is null, then :

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