323 Stability

Stability

Ability for aircraft to return to origional state

Control

Ability to remove aircraft from stable condition

Stability surpasses _____

Maneuverability removes _____

Maneuverability

Stability

Trimmed

Equilibrium (perpendicular forces = 0)

Static Stability

Initial Tendency of an object to return to its previousy undistrubed state

Positive Static Stability

Wants to return to origional state

Neutral Static Stability

Will stay at changed state

Negative Static Stability

Wants to move away from trimmed state

Dynamic Stability

Tendency to return to its undisurbed state over time

A dynamically stable airplane is also ___

Statically stable

A statically stable airplane ___

may not be dynamically stable

Aerodynamic Center

25% of chord, point of which lift acts

Center of Gravity

Point on aircraft (not column)