UCK441E - Flight Stability and
Control
Lecture 1
Introduction
Emre Koyuncu
Control Surfaces of Aircraft
Koyuncu UCK441E - Flight Stability and Control
Control Surfaces of Aircraft
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Control Surfaces of Aircraft
Spoilers
- Speed control
- Differential spoilers do roll control, avoid twist
produced by outboard ailerons on long, slender
wings
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Control Surfaces of Aircraft
Elevons
- Combines pitch and roll control using symmetric
and asymmetric de ection
- Primarily used in delta-wing and swing-wing confs
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Control Surfaces of Aircraft
Rolleron!
- type of aileron used for rockets, placed at the trailing
end of each n, and used for passive stabilization
against rotation
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Flight Control Computer
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Flight Control Computer - redundancy
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Stability
• All are statically stable
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Longitudinal Trim and Stability
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Drop nose
Air France Flight 4590
On 25 July 2000,
Syllabus
Introduction
Longitudinal Trim and Stability
Lateral Trim and Stability
Modeling
Aircraft Equations of Motion
Stability Derivatives
Recall: Second order System Analysis and Control
Longitudinal Aircraft Modes Analysis
Lateral Aircraft Modes
Longitudinal Autopilot Design
Lateral Autopilot Design Design
State Feedback Control Design
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Teaching Assistants
Ahmet Talha Çetin
Havacılık Enstitüsü
O s: İTÜ ARC
Akın Çatak
Havacılık Enstitüsü
O s: İTÜ ARC
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Grading Policy and References
Content Description Grade
Homework There will be 4 homework assignments handed out every %30
two weeks. Generally, you will have two weeks to
complete them.
Midterm In 8th or 9th week, you take have one in-class exam %30
Final exam During nal exam week you will have one one in-class %40
exam
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Grading Policy and References
COURSE REFERENCES
The lecture notes will be provided during class based on:
♣Robert C. Nelson Flight Stability and Control, 1998 ISBN : 0-07-115838-3 : This text is available as an
e-book from the library!
♣BrianL.Stevens, Frank L. Lewis, Aircraft Control and Simulation, 2003, Second Edition, ISBN:
0-471-37145-9 : Highly recommended for future Aerospace GNC studies
♣Bernard Etkin, Dynamics of Flight: Stability and Control, 3rd Edition. New York: John Wiley 2001 :
Classic
♣Donald Mclean, Automatic Flight Control Systems. New York, Prentice Hall, 1990.
♣John Blakelock, Automatic Control of Aircraft and Missiles. Second Edition, New York: John Wiley,
1991.
♣Thomas R. Yechout et al, Introduction to Aircraft Flight Mechanics, AIAA, 2003.
♣Bandu N. Pamadi, Performance, Stability, Dynamics and Control of Airplanes, 2004,
ISBN:1-56347-538-9
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