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  2. Longitudinal stability - Wikipedia

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    [7]: 8 If the center of gravity is aft of the neutral point, the static margin is negative. The greater the static margin, the more stable the aircraft will be. Most conventional aircraft have positive longitudinal stability, providing the aircraft's center of gravity lies within the approved range.

  3. Aircraft flight dynamics - Wikipedia

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    For a stable aircraft, if the aircraft pitches up, the wings and tail create a pitch-down moment which tends to restore the aircraft to its original attitude. For an unstable aircraft, a disturbance in pitch will lead to an increasing pitching moment. Longitudinal static stability is the ability of an aircraft to recover from an initial ...

  4. Stability derivatives - Wikipedia

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    It is one measure of how strongly an aircraft wants to fly "nose first", which is clearly very important. Stability derivatives, and also control derivatives, are measures of how particular forces and moments on an aircraft change as other parameters related to stability change (parameters such as airspeed, altitude, angle of attack, etc.). For ...

  5. Aerodynamic center - Wikipedia

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    The Static Margin can then be used to quantify the AC: = where: C n = yawing moment coefficient; C m = pitching moment coefficient; C l = rolling moment coefficient; C x = X-force ≈ Drag; C y = Y-force ≈ Side Force; C z = Z-force ≈ Lift; ref = reference point (about which moments were taken) c = reference length

  6. Static stability - Wikipedia

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    Static stability is the ability of a robot to remain upright when at rest, or under acceleration and deceleration Static stability may also refer to: In aircraft or missiles: Static margin — a concept used to characterize the static stability and controllability of aircraft and missiles.

  7. Aircraft dynamic modes - Wikipedia

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    Most aircraft trimmed for straight-and-level flight, if flown stick-fixed, will eventually develop a tightening spiral-dive. [2] If a spiral dive is entered unintentionally, the result can be fatal. A spiral dive is not a spin; it starts, not with a stall or from torque, but with a random perturbation, increasing roll and airspeed.

  8. Air travel is breaking records, but a lack of planes could ...

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    Airbus and Boeing are working on 17,000 new aircraft orders, but only 1,254 will have been delivered under current projections (30% less than forecast for 2024). In 2018, for example, airlines ...

  9. Turn and slip indicator - Wikipedia

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    One indicates the rate of turn, or the rate of change in the aircraft's heading; the other part indicates whether the aircraft is in coordinated flight, showing the slip or skid of the turn. The slip indicator is actually an inclinometer that at rest displays the angle of the aircraft's transverse axis with respect to horizontal, and in motion ...