AERO 321 FINAL EXAM TOPICS
Fall 2025
IMPORTANT NOTES:
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Closed:
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Colleague
Calculator/computer/cell phone/electronic device that is not being used for accessing
Canvas.
Internet applications and tools except for Canvas
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Exam is cumulative.
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There will be five (5) airplanes which you will have to fully identify from a given photograph, AND
indicate their particular stability and control characteristics. Airplanes that you have been previously
tested on will not appear again. You are also responsible for any airplane that specifically appeared
in any homework assignment.
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The Right Stuff
 A few questions of detail such that I will be able to tell if you actually watched all of this
movie.
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In general, the exam problems will NOT be exactly like the homework problems.
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Topics: Block Desired Outcomes for the Entire Course (see syllabus)
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Basic stability and control concepts
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this means anything we have covered in the course this semester
Given an airplane configuration, discuss it in terms of stability derivatives and S&C
characteristics. No calculations, just discussion. This is NOT a name-the-plane problem.
Derive S&C derivatives from forces and moments.
State-space and linear models: all operations covered in lecture, Block 5, Block 6, and
homework including S-plane plotting of eigenvalues.
Airplane dynamic modes in detail: names, orders, reduced-order approximations,
compositions, behaviors
Flying Qualities
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Classes
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Flight Phases
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Flying quality levels
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Cooper-Harper scale
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How the regulations are used
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