Flight Performance
Abbreviation: PERLE Load: 30(L) + 15(E) + 0(LE) + 0(S) + 0(FLE) + 0(PEE)
Lecturers in charge: dr. sc. Sanja Steiner
dr. sc. Andrija Vidoviæ
Lecturers: izv. prof. dr. sc. Andrija Vidoviæ ( Exercises )
Course description: Coordinate systems in aviation. Base control surfaces. Balance of aircraft - longitudinal, lateral and directional. Aircraft stability - dynamic and static. Static stability of aircraft - longitudinal, lateral and directional. Aircraft control - longitudinal, lateral and directional. Aircraft flight performance - steady motion - steady horizontal flight, climb and descent. Aircraft flight performance - unsteady motion - take-off, landing, turn, slip, aircraft vibration, stall and loss of speed, spin, basic and advanced acrobatics.
Lecture languages: hr
Compulsory literature:
1. Vidoviæ, A.: Elementi stabilnosti i upravljivosti zrakoplova, skripta, Fakultet prometnih znanosti, Zagreb, 2010.
Recommended literature:
2. Anderson, J. D., Jr.: Introduction to flight, WCB/McGraw-Hill- International Editions 2000. -4th edition; ISBN 0-07-116034-05 Poglavlje 6 i 7.
3. Abzug, M. J., Larrabee, E. E.: Airplane stability and control, Cambridge University Press, 2005.
4. Pramadi, B. N.: Performance, Stability Dynamics, and Control of Airplanes, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Reston, Virginia, 1998.
5. Etkin, B., Reid, L. D.: Dynamics of Flight-Stability and Control, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1996.
Legend
L - Lectures
E - Exercises
LE - Laboratory exercises
S - Seminar
FLE - Practical foreign language exercises
PEE - Physical education excercises
* - Not graded