Pilot-induced oscillation is a frightening aspect of pitch control of an aircraft. Numerous planes have been set into pilot-induced oscillation due to the phase lag of the human in the loop control.

Michel Merluzeau is a senior analyst at US aerospace advisory firm AIR, where he covers commercial and defence markets. Airlines and airframers will recover from the shock of the 2020-2021 pandemic, ...

On a warm summer morning at Princeton University, aerospace engineer Aimy Wissa was at the university helipad, preparing to fly a remote-controlled plane. But this wasn’t just any model aircraft.

Mantra: Pitch, Power, Roll, Recover. In the case of this nose-high attitude, left-wing down attitude — pitch to unload, power to max, roll to near 90 deg. to allow nose to drop below horizon and then ...

In one of the most famous "Twilight Zone" stories, an airline passenger looks out the window of a commercial plane and is horrified to see a monstrous gremlin on the wing. If you were to do the same ...

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