Aircraft Stability and Control

Calendar

LEC #	TOPICS
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