UCK 441E

Flight Stability and Control

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Class Logistics

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 Lecturers

• Prof. Gökhan İnalhan

• inalhan@itu.edu.tr

• Office Hours : By appointment

• TA : To be announced

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 Prerequisites

• UCK 322E, UCK 362E

• Students are required to have a working knowledge of

• Engineering Mathematics (Differential Calculus)

• Aerodynamics

• Dynamics

• Introductory level controls

• Matlab & Simulink

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 Class Outline I

• Introduction to Basic Terms

• Equilibrium States

• Aircraft Performance

• Flight Stability

• Static Stability

• Aircraft SS (Longitudinal)

• Wing/Tail Contributions

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 Class Outline II
• Coordinate Systems

• Euler Angles

• Quaternions

• Aircraft Dynamics

• Aircraft Longitudinal Dynamics

• Approximate Longitudinal Dynamics Models

• Aircraft Lateral Dynamics

• Spiral, Roll, and Dutch Roll Modes

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 Class Outline III
• Flight Controls

• Basic Longitudinal Control

• Aircraft Lateral Autopilots

• Aircraft Longitudinal Autopilots

• Altitude Hold and Landing

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 Matlab-Simulink Lectures
• Matlab Control System Toolbox Tutorial Content

• Fixed Wing Aircraft Modeling in Matlab/Simulink

• Classical Flight Control Systems

• Modern Flight Control Systems

• Matlab/Simulink Aerospace Blockset Tutorial Content

• Block Definitions

• Modeling and Control System Design for Boeing 747 in

Matlab/Simulink

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 Applied Flight Stability and Controls
• Aerodynamics

• Atmosphere and Meteorology

• Flight Controls & Instruments

• Essentials from Principles of Flight

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 Flight Simulator Demos
• Static Stability

• Pilot Induced Stability

• Autopilot logic

• Turns and sideslips

• High lift devices

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 References
• Jonathan How, Flight Stability ad Control (Lecture Notes),
MIT/AA, 2004

• Basis of the lecture notes – thank you Jon!

• Gokhan Inalhan, Flight Stability ad Control (Lecture Notes),

UUBF, 2006-2014.

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 Books
• Robert C. Nelson Flight Stability and Control, ISBN : 0-07-115838-3 : This text is
available as an e-book from the library!

• Brian L.Stevens, Frank L. Lewis, Aircraft Control and Simulation, 2003, Second
Edition, ISBN: 0-471-37145-9 : Highly recommended for future Aerospace GNC
studies

• Bernard Etkin, Dynamics of Flight: Stability and Control, 3rd Edition. New York:
John Wiley 2001 : Classic

• Donald Mclean, Automatic Flight Control Systems. New York, Prentice Hall, 1990.

• John Blakelock, Automatic Control of Aircraft and Missiles. Second Edition, New
York: John Wiley, 1991.

• Thomas R. Yechout et al, Introduction to Aircraft Flight Mechanics, AIAA, 2003.

• Bandu N. Pamadi, Performance, Stability, Dynamics and Control of Airplanes,

2004, ISBN :1-56347-538-9

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 Course Evaluation

Number Ratio %
Midterm exams 1 20
Quizzes
Homeworks 3 30
Course Evaluation
Projects
Method
Term Projects
Laboratory
Others
Final Exam 1 50
A b c d E f g h i j k
Outcomes
3 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3

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 Others
• No late HW policy

• Every cheating is awarded with %0 whatever the size, the

people involved and the situation.

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