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  2. Axes conventions - Wikipedia

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    Aircraft observations are performed downwards and therefore normally NED axes convention applies. Nevertheless, when attitudes with respect to ground stations are given, a relationship between the local earth-bound frame and the onboard ENU frame is used.

  3. Aircraft flight dynamics - Wikipedia

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    Finally, rotate the y" and z" axes around the x" axis by the roll angle φ. The reference frame that results after the three rotations is the body frame. Based on the rotations and axes conventions above: Yaw angle ψ: angle between north and the projection of the aircraft longitudinal axis onto the horizontal plane;

  4. Aircraft principal axes - Wikipedia

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    Normal axis, or yaw axis — an axis drawn from top to bottom, and perpendicular to the other two axes, parallel to the fuselage or frame station.; Transverse axis, lateral axis, or pitch axis — an axis running from the pilot's left to right in piloted aircraft, and parallel to the wings of a winged aircraft, parallel to the buttock line.

  5. Flight dynamics - Wikipedia

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    Flight dynamics is the science of air-vehicle orientation and control in three dimensions. The critical flight dynamics parameters are the angles of rotation with respect to the three aircraft's principal axes about its center of gravity, known as roll, pitch and yaw.

  6. Euler angles - Wikipedia

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    The principal axes of an aircraft according to the air norm DIN 9300. Notice that fixed and mobile frames must be coincident with angles zero. Therefore, this norm would also force a compatible axes convention in the reference system. Tait–Bryan convention is widely used in engineering with different purposes.

  7. Local tangent plane coordinates - Wikipedia

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    Local tangent plane coordinates (LTP) are part of a spatial reference system based on the tangent plane defined by the local vertical direction and the Earth's axis of rotation. They are also known as local ellipsoidal system , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] local geodetic coordinate system , [ 3 ] local vertical, local horizontal coordinates ( LVLH ), or ...

  8. Stability derivatives - Wikipedia

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    The stability axis system is used to get the X axis aligned with the oncoming flow direction. Essentially, the body axis system is rotated about the Y body axis by the trim angle of attack and then "re-fixed" to the body of the aircraft: [1] X stability axis is aligned into the direction of the oncoming air in steady flight.

  9. Flight control surfaces - Wikipedia

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    Basic aircraft control surfaces and motion. A)aileron B)control stick C)elevator D)rudder. Aircraft flight control surfaces are aerodynamic devices allowing a pilot to adjust and control the aircraft's flight attitude. Development of an effective set of flight control surfaces was a critical advance in the development of aircraft.