Whether you're leaving on a jet plane or picking up Mom at the airport, a flight tracker app is an essential tool for your iPhone. You can use it to keep tabs on your departure time, confirm when Mom is arriving, and even check her plane's position in the air. And if you're an...
The longitudinal motion in the pitch plane is regulated by a PD controller to maintain (nearly) constant flight altitude, i.e., p. d ≈ 0 and p. d ≈ 0. By applying the thrust of T = mg/cφcθ and assuming ψ = 0 for constant altitude, we can simplify (4) by m p.p......