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Secrets of stability: Cm-alpha
If you ask an aerospace engineer, what the fundamental requirement for static longitudinal stability of an airplane is, he or she will...
Andreas
Nov 24, 2018


Future communication
Even in today’s “performance-based world” the underlying technology of Communication, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) remains crucial,...
Andreas
Nov 4, 2018


C* - An unknown star
C* (pronounced „C-Star“), is one of the dominant digital flight control laws for Fly-By-Wire (FBW) transport aircraft. It has its roots...
Andreas
Oct 15, 2018


A magnetic disorder
When a 200-million-dollar passenger jet approaches a major airport somewhere on this planet and receives some directions from air traffic...
Andreas
Oct 2, 2018


A new approach
It used to be simple: There were „non-precision“ and „precision“ approaches. But things have changed quite a bit. The advent of...
Andreas
Sep 23, 2018


Tight turns
This post covers some basic aspects about optimizing turn performance. While we perform turns on a daily basis, they do not necessary get...
Andreas
Sep 13, 2018


Circuit breakers (CB's)
There are two common misbeliefs associated with aircraft circuit breakers: One relates to resetting a tripped CB, the other refers to why...
Andreas
Sep 3, 2018
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