AME 427
Stability and Control
Fall 2007


Instructor: Thomas F. Balsa, Professor
Office: AME N613
Office hours: M,W 10:00 - 1:00
Phone number: 621-2208
Email: balsa@ame.arizona.edu
Syllabus Fall '07


Extra Notes:

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Airplane Control Deflections

Airplane Orientation in Space

Airplane Schematic

Contour Plots


Euler Equations of Motion

Full Euler equations

Longitudinal and Lateral Equations

Lateral Stability and Control Derivatives pt1

Lateral Stability and Control Derivatives pt2

 



Phugoid example program

Short Period example program

Equilibrium solver program

Equilibrium Contour Plots program

Longitudinal Dynamics NL program

Sideslip Example program

Steady Turn Example program


Past Tests:

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Test1(Fall '04)
Test solutions(Fall '04)

Test 2(Fall '04)
Test solutions(Fall '04)

Fall 04 Final Exam
Final solutions

 

Test 1 solutions(Fall '06)
Test 2 solutions(Fall '06)

Test 1 solutions(Fall '07)


Homework:

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Homework 1
Solutions

Homework 2
Solutions

Homework 3
Solutions

Homework 4
Solutions

Homework 5
Solutions

Homework 6
Solutions