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Aircraft Principal Axes
Aircraft Principal Axes
Aircraft Principal Axes
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2 5 REFERENCES
3 History
Roll Axis The rst aircraft to demonstrate active control about all
Yaw Axis
three axes was the Wright brothers' 1902 glider.[6]
The position of all three axes, with the right-hand rule for its
rotations
4 See also
1.1 Vertical axis (yaw) Aerodynamic
The vertical yaw axis is dened to be perpendicular to Aircraft ight control system
the wings and to the normal line of ight with its origin
at the center of gravity and directed towards the bottom Euler angles
of the aircraft. Yaw moves the nose of the aircraft from
side to side. A positive yaw, or heading angle, moves the Fixed-wing aircraft
nose to the right.[1][2] The rudder is the primary control
of yaw.[3] Flight control surfaces
Flight dynamics
1.2 Lateral axis (pitch)
Moving frame
The pitch axis (also called lateral or transverse axis[4] )
passes through the plane from wingtip to wingtip. Pitch Panning (camera)
moves the aircrafts nose up and down. A positive pitch
angle raises the nose and lowers the tail. The elevators Screw theory
are the primary control of pitch.[3]
Triad Method
2 Relationship with other systems [4] MISB Standard 0601 (PDF). Motion Imagery Standards
Board (MISB). Retrieved 1 May 2015. Also at File:MISB
of axes Standard 0601.pdf.
These axes are related to the principal axes of inertia, but [5] FAA (2004). Airplane Flying Handbook. Washington
are not the same. They are geometrical symmetry axes, D.C.:U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Avia-
tion Administration, ch 4, p 2, FAA-8083-3A.
regardless of the mass distribution of the aircraft.
In aeronautical and aerospace engineering intrinsic rota- [6] Aircraft rotations. Archived from the original on 4 July
tions around these axes are often called Euler angles, but 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
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6 External links
Yaw Axis Control as a Means of Improving V/STOL
Aircraft Performance.
3D fast walking simulation of biped robot by yaw
axis moment compensation
7.2 Images
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