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Dynamics Lab

1) The document discusses various dynamics modes of airplanes, including phugoid, short period, spiral divergence, roll, and Dutch roll. 2) It provides equations to model the phugoid mode and short period mode, describing how to determine the frequency and damping for each. 3) It suggests collecting flight data on parameters like pitch, yaw, roll rates, and velocity to identify frequencies for the short period and Dutch roll modes.

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Dynamics Lab

1) The document discusses various dynamics modes of airplanes, including phugoid, short period, spiral divergence, roll, and Dutch roll. 2) It provides equations to model the phugoid mode and short period mode, describing how to determine the frequency and damping for each. 3) It suggests collecting flight data on parameters like pitch, yaw, roll rates, and velocity to identify frequencies for the short period and Dutch roll modes.

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Airplane Dynamics

For the last flight we would like to explore airplane dynamics. Specifically, we will explore phugoid, short period and spiral divergence. We'll also determine the stall speed. Phugoid With constant angle of attack and after applying the Laplace transform, the equations for longitudinal dynamics becomes:

(2 + 2CD )u + CL
o

trim

=0

2 = 0 2C Ltrim u
m and m is the mass of the airplane. The two equations can be solved Sc finding the determinant

where, =

2 + 2C Do 2C Ltrim or

CLtrim =0 2

2 4 22 + 4 C Do + 2CL

trim

= 0.

The solution for the frequency and damping of the phugoid mode is thus:

p =
Show that p = 2g Vtrim .

C Ltrim 2

, p =

CD0 2CLtrim

Estimate the phugoid period and damping for the Cessna 210E (Doug's plane).
Short Period
= 0) . The short period mode is described when there is no perturbation in the velocity ( The resulting system gives:

sp =
where, i yy = and sp . I yy

CM i yy

= M , sp =

2 CM q CZ i yy , 2 sp

Scb2

and CZ C L . Discuss how you can use flight data to find sp

Spiral Divergence

Spiral divergence is a mode that cannot be easily approximated from the full system of equations. The mode is the tendency for the airplane to roll and descend in a downward spiral.
Roll mode

The roll mode describes the response to a roll command. The roll rate must damp quickly (3 sec is specified by MIL-F-8785). A decent approximation is to neglect all L p non-roll terms, such that I xx p p = 0.
Dutch Roll

Dutch Roll is a coupling between roll and yaw. Various approximations exist. One approximation is:

DR =
Flight Testing

Y N r + N V N Yr V

, DR =

Y + V N r 2 DRV

In your groups, discuss what data you might wish to collect for each of these modes. (Suggestion: bring a stopwatch!)
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