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Contents
  • § 26. Plotting the Curves. The Use of the Trammel.
  • 27. Plotting the Inflected Carve.
  • 28. Plotting the Inflected Curve. Example.
  • 29. Phugoids of Small Amplitude.
  • 30. Phugoids of Small Amplitude. Form of Orbit.
  • 31. Phugoids of small Amplitude. Plotting.
  • 32. The Phugoid Chart.
  • 33. The Time Period of the Phugoid Path.
  • 34. The Time Period of the Phugoid Path. Special Cases.
  • 35. The Time Period and Form of the Phugoid Path. Special Cases—continued.
  • 36. Relations of Time Period, Phase Length, and Velocity for Phugoids of Small Amplitude.
  • 37. Variations in the Value of C for Geometrically Similar Curves. The Constant K.

Elementary Deductions from the Phugoid Theory.

  • § 38. Permanence of Stability.
  • 39. Unstable Conditions. The Danger Zone on the Phugoid Chart.
  • 40. Stability in Face of a Disturbing Cause.
  • 41. The Constant C as an Index of Stability.
  • 42. Wind Fluctuation. A Question of Relative Motion.
  • 43. Wind Gusts of Changing Velocity and Direction.
  • 44. Stability in the Face of Wind Fluctuations.
  • 45. Stability in the Face of Wind Fluctuations—continued.
  • 46. The Practical Limit of Stability.
  • 47. The Influence of a Periodic Disturbance.
  • 48. Unaccounted Factors in relation to the Flight Path
  • 49. Unaccounted Factors—continued.

Stability of the Flight Path as Affected by Resistance and Moment of Inertia.

  • § 50. Introductory.
  • 51. Influence of Resistance on Amplitude.
  • 52. Influence of Moment of Inertia.
  • 53. Influence of Moment of Inertia—continued.
  • 54. Influence of Moment of Inertia—continued.
  • 55. The Quantitative Problem.
  • 56. The Form of the Nearly Straight Phugoid.
  • 57. On the Form of the Change in H duo to Resistance.
  • 58. On the Form of the Change in H duo to Resistance—continued.
  • 59. On the Changes in the Magnitude of Hn due to Moment of Inertia.
  • 60. Statement of Case.
  • 61. The Equation of Stability.
  • 62. The Equation of Stability. The Investigation continued.
  • 63. The Equation of Stability. The Investigation concluded.