The author attempts to correct the misconception that piloting an airplane requires extraordinary skill and balance. He also tries to show that airplanes are extremely stable in flight. Some of the major points covered in this article include: automatic pilots, airplanes designed to be stable, and the reliance on mathematics to help in designing stable aircraft.
Stability of airplanes
1922-05-01
Miscellaneous
No indication
English
Longitudinal stability of airplanes
Engineering Index Backfile | 1923
|Automatic Stability of Airplanes
NTRS | 1932
|Balancing and Stability of Airplanes
Engineering Index Backfile | 1929
|Stability and balance in airplanes
Engineering Index Backfile | 1920
|Directional Stability of Towed Airplanes
NTRS | 1956
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