Flight Mechanics

2017
Reference frames, coordinate systems and transformations. Aircraft general equations of motion, small gain theory, longitudinal static stability and control, lateral static stability and control. Stability derivatives. Dynamic stability of uncontrolled motion.

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İ. Yavrucuk, “Flight Mechanics,” 00, 2017, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://ocw.metu.edu.tr/course/view.php?id=261.