MECH 532. Aircraft Performance, Stability and Control.
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MECH 532
Aircraft Performance, Stability and Control.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Aircraft performance criteria such as range, endurance, rate of climb, maximum ceiling for steady and accelerated flight. Landing and take-off distances. Static and dynamic stability in the longitudinal (stick-fixed and stick-free) and coupled lateral and directional modes. Control response for all three modes.
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisite (Undergraduate): (MECH 412 or MECH 419), MECH 533
- Prerequisite (Graduate): MECH 533
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