ABSTRACT
Although several excellent books have been written on the subject of aircraft dynamics-including Etkin and Reid [1], Seckel [2], McRuer, Ashkenas and Graham [3], Smetana [4], Nelson [5], Cook [6] and Schmidt [7]—in this chapter, the analysis of aircraft dynamics is revisited to bridge the gap between the dynamics analysis and control. Moreover, modern aircraft are generally more flexible than older aircraft which were essentially rigid, and this requires that certain key principles are restated so that they are relevant in the wider context.
