Aircraft concepts including performance prediction and optimization, flight and maneuver envelopes, and steady flight performance. Additional topics: longitudinal static stability and trim; aircraft dynamics; development, separation and solution of aircraft equations of motion; natural modes; dynamic stability; sensors and actuators; and design of stability augmentation and autopilot systems
Flight Mechanics
Host University
Old Dominion University
Semester
Spring 2024
Course Number
MAE 403
CRN
23785
Credits
3
Discipline
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Instructor
Newman, B. (bnewman@odu.edu)
Times and Days
1:30-2:45pm
T, R
Course Information
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: MAE 303 with a grade of C or better and MAE 340. Pre- or corequisite: MAE 436.