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0.6 Estimation of The Inertia of An Aircraft
0.6 Estimation of The Inertia of An Aircraft
• b= aircraft wingspan.
• L= aircraft length.
We approximately have:
2
b
Ixx = m Rx2 (0.103)
2
2
L
Iyy = m Ry2 (0.104)
2
b+L 2 2
Izz = m Rz (0.105)
2
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KIND OF AIRCRAFT Rx Ry Rz
Low-wing light monoplane 0.248 0.338 0.393
High-wing light monoplane 0.242 0.397 0.393
Light twin-engine 0.373 0.269 0.461
Twin jet-engine, light 0.293 0.312 0.420
Twin jet-engine, heavy 0.370 0.356 0.503
Twin turboprop transport 0.235 0.363 0.416
Jet airliner (4 engines) 0.322 0.339 0.464
Prop ghter (2 engines) 0.330 0.299 0.447
Jet airliner (3 engines, one at the tail) 0.249 0.375 0.452
Jet airliner (2 wing-mounted engines) 0.246 0.332 0.456
Turboprop (4 engines) 0.322 0.324 0.456
Turboprop (2 engines) 0.308 0.345 0.497
Jet ghter 0.266 0.346 0.400
Prop ghter (1 engine) 0.268 0.360 0.420
Bomber (2 engines) 0.270 0.320 0.410
Bomber (4 engines) 0.316 0.320 0.376
Concorde (delta wing) 0.253 0.380 0.390
The original reference mentions the methodology followed to obtain the regres-
sion lines shown. In this case, we have:
2
Ixx = m (kx ) kg m2 (0.106)
2
Iyy = m (ky ) kg m2 (0.107)
2 2
Izz = m (kz ) kg m (0.108)
with:
• b = bw = wingspan.
• lB = fuselage length.
23 J.B. Russell, Performance and Stability of Aircraft; ARNOLD.
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In general, any data you can obtain about the real inertia of an aircraft model
will be welcome to improve the available database (if you include the source,
the value of the obtained data improves).
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