R V College of Engineering, Bangalore 15AS64

(Autonomous Institute under VTU, Belgavi) Aircraft Stability and

DEPARTMENT OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING Control

CONTINUOUS INTERNAL EVALUATION (CIE) B. E. VI SEMESTER –July’2018

QUIZ -II &TEST – II [Fast track]

Note:1. Answer All Questions from both Part-A & Part-B

2. Part-A to be answered in the 1st two pages of the answer booklet

Time:2Hrs Max. Marks: 45 [15+30]

PART – A (15 Marks)

QUESTIONS M CO BL
1. Roll control in an aircraft is achieved by_____control surface. 01 CO2 L1

2. The lateral static stability condition of a low wing aircraft without dihedral 01 CO2 L1
configuration is ____
3. If Clβ <0, then the stability of aircraft is _________ 01 CO2 L3

4. An airplane with rectangular straight wing at dihedral angle Г=10º. Lift curve slope of 02 CO2 L1
wing is 5.4 rad-1. The roll stability derivative , clβ in per radians is ____
5. High wing aircraft configuration will have ___ dihedral effect 01 CO2 L2

6. If a vertical tail of an airplane is inverted and put below the horizontal tail then the 01 CO2 L1
contribution to roll derivative dCl/dβ is ____
7. The phenomenon of aircraft rolling to one direction but yawing in opposite direction 01 CO1 L1
is called _____

8. Any axes system fixed to the airplane and moving with it is called _____axes system. 01 CO2 L1

9. The frame of reference attached to earth is called ________ 01 CO2 L1

10. When will the wind axes and stability axes of an aircraft coincide? 01 CO2 L1

11. If Cnβ < 0, then the corresponding directional static stability is called ______ 01 CO1 L1

12. The phenomenon of rudder deflection required equal to floating angle of rudder is 01 CO1 L1
called______
13. An aircraft has a positive side slip angle the direction rudder deflection will be ___? 01 CO1 L1

14. A cross wind acts from left side of the aircraft during take-off. What is the direction of 01 CO1 L2
side slip and yawing moment
 PART – B [5×10=50 Marks]

1a Obtain the expression for rolling moment coefficient using strip theory for a tapered 10 CO2 L1
wing
2 Using strip theory, determine the yawing moment developed by a flying wing having 10 CO2 L2
a rectangular planform and moving at a forward speed of 75 m/s and a sideslip of 5
m/s at sea level. The wing loading is 2000 N/m2, aspect ratio is 8, taper ratio is 0,7,
sectional lift-curve slope is 0.10/deg, sectional drag coefficient CDi = 0.015 + 0.0008α
deg, dihedral is 5deg, and wing span is 16 m.
3 Describe in detail the various axes system used in the stability analysis with suitable 10 CO2 L1
Sketch
4a A fuselage has the following dimensions. Obtain its contribution to Directional 4 CO1 L3
stability at sea level at a speed of 100 m/s. CO4
lf = 13.7 m, xm = 8.0m, wf = 1.6m, Sfs = 15.4 m2
h =1.6 m, h1 = 1.6 m, h2 = 1.07m, Wing: area = 26.81 m2, span =13.7 m.
kn = 0.0017, kRl = 1.96

4b An airplane with the following characteristics is coming in to land at sea level at a 6 CO1 L3
speed of 1.2 times the stalling speed. What would be the amount of rudder deflection CO4
required if cross wind of 20 m/s is encountered by the airplane?
W/S = 1500 N/m2, Vv = 0.05, CYβ=2.87 rad-1, C nβ = 0.071 rad-1,
CLmax = 1.8, η = 1.0 , τ rudder = 0.5

5 Analyze the pedal fixed directional stability of an aircraft having positive side slip for 10 CO1 L4
the following cases with suitable derivations
1) Swept back wing

2) Vertical tail considering side wash effect, σ