Assignment No.

3
(CLO-2)

1. For an airplane the pitching moment co-efficient is given by the following expression
when c.g. lies at 0.25c .
C m =0.05−0.10C L−0.01 δ e where δ e is in degrees.
cg

Answer the following:

a. Is the airplane statically stable? Justify.
b. What is the static margin in this case?
c. What is the location of neutral point stick-fixed?
d. What is the value of C L for which equilibrium is achieved with zero elevator
deflection?
e. What is the value of elevator effectiveness, C m ? δe

f. If the elevator deflection is limited to ± 250, locate the most forward c.g.
location for which trim is obtained at C L =1.5 in free flight.

2. An airplane has the following contributions from various components:

0w
x
cαw ( )
C m =−0.096 C m =4.3 cg −0.25 per rad C m =0.04 0f ,n, p

C m =0.38 per ra d
αf , n,p
C m =0.17 C m (stick −¿)=−1.04 per rad
0t αt

Obtain (a) location of stick-fixed neutral point and (b) C m (stick-fixed) when c.g. is at
α

0.31 c .

3. Solve problems 2.3, 2.4, 2.6, 2.7 and 2.9 (Nelson).