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Static and dynamic stability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

A. W. Babister
A. W. Babister*
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University of Glasgow
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For most aircraft, longitudinal dynamic stability is assured if the static margin is positive. However, a statically stable aircraft is not necessarily dynamically stable. The problem of establishing under what conditions static stability is sufficient has recently been considered in Ref. I, by means of two-parameter stability diagrams. It seems to the present writer that a simpler approximate solution can be found by considering the factors of the characteristic equation.

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Research Article
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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 82 , Issue 806 , February 1978 , pp. 85 - 87
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1978 

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