- In aviation, a
phugoid or
fugoid (/ˈfjuːɡɔɪd/ ) is an
aircraft motion in
which the
vehicle pitches up and climbs, and then
pitches down and descends,...
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oscillation called a
phugoid mode and a short-period
oscillation referred to as the short-period mode. The
longer period mode,
called the "
phugoid mode," is the...
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inertia increase the
coupling between short period and
phugoid modes, so that
these will
modify the
phugoid. With a
symmetrical rocket or missile, the directional...
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system in an
attempt to
dampen the
phugoid cycles and
Dutch rolls further. This was
somewhat successful, as the
phugoid cycles were
dampened almost completely...
- yaw-roll
coupling is one of the
basic flight dynamic modes (others
include phugoid,
short period, and
spiral divergence). This
motion is
normally well damped...
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Galilean invariance Orbit (dynamics)
Orbit (group theory)
Orbital trajectory Phugoid Planetary orbit Porkchop plot
Projectile motion Range of a
projectile Rigid...
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controllability about the
pitch axis and the
nature of an aircraft's
phugoid-mode oscillation. When the term "dihedral" (of an aircraft) is used by...
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aircraft will be less
responsive and less manoeuvrable.: 588
Decreasing phugoid (long-period)
oscillations can be
achieved by
building a
smaller stabilizer...
- turn in
order to
return to Tan Son Nhut. The
aircraft began to
exhibit phugoid oscillations, but the crew
countered them and
maintained a
controlled descent...
- of lack of
elevator control is a
tendency for the
airplane to
phugoid. To damp the
phugoid oscillation naturally, the
planes are
designed with high drag...
