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    An aircraft is stable if it returns to its initial equilibrium flight conditions when disturbed, while instability results in either uniform departure from or oscillation about the equilibrium state with increasing amplitude. There are two modes of aircraft control: one that moves the aircraft between equilibrium states, and one that takes the aircraft into a non-equilibrium or accelerating state, with control being directly opposed to stability. Stability is illustrated through examples of how an aircraft pitches in response to a gust and how dihedral angle contributes to lateral stability.

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    An aircraft is stable if it returns to its initial equilibrium flight conditions when disturbed, while instability results in either uniform departure from or oscillation about the equilibrium state with increasing amplitude. There are two modes of aircraft control: one that moves the aircraft between equilibrium states, and one that takes the aircraft into a non-equilibrium or accelerating state, with control being directly opposed to stability. Stability is illustrated through examples of how an aircraft pitches in response to a gust and how dihedral angle contributes to lateral stability.

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    An aircraft is stable if it returns to its initial equilibrium flight conditions when disturbed, while instability results in either uniform departure from or oscillation about the equilibrium state with increasing amplitude. There are two modes of aircraft control: one that moves the aircraft between equilibrium states, and one that takes the aircraft into a non-equilibrium or accelerating state, with control being directly opposed to stability. Stability is illustrated through examples of how an aircraft pitches in response to a gust and how dihedral angle contributes to lateral stability.

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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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