Coupled static and dynamic stability parameters

Abstract

A set of new stability parameters have been developed for analysis of aircraft stability throughout the flight envelope. These parameters define aircraft stability based on the aircraft's aerodynamic and inertial properties and include both static and dynamic effects, inertial coupling, and kinematic coupling effects. A method of relating these parameters to the conventional stability modes of the aircraft has been developed and can be used to isolate the formation of new dynamic modes due to coupling.