This article discusses the idea that AOA can be derived from pitch and FPV. Significant limitations of this concept are shown.

This article aims to highlight benefits and caveats of mixing AOA-derived information in to a speed tape.

What do the F-14, the L-1011 and the C-17 have in common? You guessed it: their flight controls involve direct lift control [1]. More...

A radically different method to optain air data, based on optical measurements.

No matter if we look at an aerobatic trainer, a jet fighter or a transport category airliner, they all execute rolling maneuvers on a...

The topic of Aircraft-Pilot Coupling (APC) has historically been referred to as “pilot-induced oscillation” or “pilot-involved...

EASA and FAA have significantly modified the stall-spin requirements for part 23 aircraft during the recent re-write of CS/FAR23. The...

When an aircraft performs turns, pull-up’s or push-over’s, many things are different from the “straight-and-level” regime. Engineers...

As pilots we have to ensure many things, but in particular we have to ensure the proper attitude (our own and the one of the aircraft we...

If you ask an aerospace engineer, what the fundamental requirement for static longitudinal stability of an airplane is, he or she will...

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