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static margin: a standalone construct

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staticmargin1 CONSTRUCTStatic marginETKIN · FLIGHT DYNAMICS

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Flight dynamics

the distance between an aircraft's neutral point and its center of gravity, as a fraction of chord, that measures longitudinal static stability.

In flight dynamics, static margin refers to the distance between an aircraft's neutral point and its center of gravity, as a fraction of chord, that measures longitudinal static stability. This meaning comes from Etkin (1959) in Dynamics of flight.[1]

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References

  1. Etkin, B. (1959). Dynamics of flight. Wiley. ISBN 9780471089360

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