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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.