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Introduction

Stability is one of the primary concerns in helicopter handling qualities. Helicopters must have a level of stability to feel comfortable and easy to fly to the pilot.

This report aims to do describe a straightforward analysis of the stability of a helicopter. The method is presented here is a mathematical black box analysis, that will determine stability characteristics, but will fail to yield insight on how various helicopter parameters affect stability.



Carl Banks
1999-12-22