Andreas Jan 19 Aircraft-Pilot Coupling – Understanding why and how it happens. The topic of Aircraft-Pilot Coupling (APC) has historically been referred to as “pilot-induced oscillation” or “pilot-involved oscillatio...
Andreas Dec 1, 2020 A “new spin” on spins EASA and FAA have significantly modified the stall-spin requirements for part 23 aircraft during the recent re-write of CS/FAR23. The “sp...
Andreas Aug 26, 2020 Maneuvering effects When an aircraft performs turns, pull-up’s or push-over’s, many things are different from the “straight-and-level” regime. Engineers worr...
Andreas Mar 6, 2019 The alpha-beta trap 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 ...
Andreas Nov 24, 2018 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 te...
Andreas Oct 15, 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 i...
