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An aircraft has a static margin of 0.2 and a pitching moment coefficient of -0.05. Determine the aircraft's longitudinal stability.

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SM = (xcg - xnp) / c

The directional stability derivative (Cnβ) is given by: An aircraft has a static margin of 0

Substituting the given values, we get:

where Kp, Ki, and Kd are the controller gains. we get: where Kp

The static margin (SM) is given by: