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Introduction to Flight Vehicle Dynamics

What is it?

In Aerospace Engineering, the design and analysis does not stop when the plane or spacecraft starts to take flight, but it continues on throughout the journey as well. Let's take a plane for example. Once it is in flight, many different factors will take effect and influence the aircraft's motion, a few of which being cross winds, wing tip vortices, and the design of the plane itself.

Flight Vehicle Dynamics is the study of these factors on a craft and its response. In this guide, we will talk about reference frames, modes of an aircraft, state-space form and stability, spacecraft and more!

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