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Effect of Automatic Stabilization on the Lateral Oscillatory Stability of a Hypothetical Airplane at Supersonic Speeds

Leonard Sternfield

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Note presenting an investigation to determine the effect of automatic stabilization on the lateral oscillatory stability of a hypothetical supersonic airplane. The investigation included an autopilot sensitive to either the yawing or rolling angular velocity. The results of the investigation indicated that all the automatic pilots improved the stability of the original unstable short-period oscillation.

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Key concepts: Airplane, Supersonic speed, Autopilot, Oscillation (cell signaling), Stability (learning theory), Control theory (sociology), Aeronautics, Physics