readings
Course textbook and reference handouts.
Textbook
- H. H.-T. Liu, Analytical Aircraft Flight. Cambridge University Press eBook, selected chapters.
Reference handouts
The reference handouts collect derivations and formula sheets that are used across several lectures and assignments, rather than belonging to a single lecture.
| Title | Handout | |
|---|---|---|
| R1 | Kinematics: Closed-Form Body-Rate Transformation | |
| R2 | Aerodynamic Loads and Stability Derivatives: From Nonlinear Simulation to Linearized Models | |
| R3 | Basic Control Systems Review: Models, Feedback, and Response | |
| R4 | Stability Derivatives from Aircraft Geometry: Longitudinal and Lateral-Directional Building Blocks |