A METHOD FOR PREDICTING THE STABILITY IN ROLL OF AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLED AIRCRAFT BASED ON THE EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF AN AUTOMATIC PILOT

摘要

A method is suggested far predicting the stability of automatically controlled aircraft by a comparison of calculated frequency— response curves for the aircraft and experimentally determined frequency—response curves for the automatic pilot. The method is applied only to stabilization in roll. The method is expected to be useful as a means of establishing the specifications of the performance required of the automatic control device for pilotless aircraft designed as missiles.