16.333 | Fall 2004 | Graduate

Aircraft Stability and Control

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1 Equilibrium States

Aircraft Performance

Introduction to Basic Terms

2 Static Stability

Aircraft SS (Longitudinal)

Wing/Tail Contributions

3 Coordinate Systems

Euler Angles

Quaternions

4 Aircraft Dynamics
5 Aircraft Dynamics (cont.)
6 Aircraft Longitudinal Dynamics
7 Approximate Longitudinal Dynamics Models
8 Aircraft Lateral Dynamics

Spiral, Roll, and Dutch Roll Modes

9 Basic Longitudinal Control
10 State Space Control
11 State Space Control (cont.)
12 Aircraft Lateral Autopilots
13 Aircraft Longitudinal Autopilots

Altitude Hold and Landing

14 Equations of Motion in a Nonuniform Atmosphere

Gusts and Winds

15 Inertial Sensors

Complementary Filtering

Simple Kalman Filtering

16 System Identification
17 Model Validation

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