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Control Failures And How To Deal With It, Nihad E. Daidzic Apr 2019

Control Failures And How To Deal With It, Nihad E. Daidzic

Aviation Department Publications

FAA Safety Seminar (GL1591497) held at Minnesota State University, Mankato Wiecking Center Auditorium at 18:00 CST on Thursday, April 18, 2019.


Aircraft-Runway Total Energy Measurement, Monitoring, Managing, Safety, And Control System And Method, Nihad E. Daidzic, Feb 2019

Aircraft-Runway Total Energy Measurement, Monitoring, Managing, Safety, And Control System And Method, Nihad E. Daidzic,

Aviation Department Publications

United States Patent, Patent Number US 10,202,204 B1, Date of Patent February 12, 2019.

A total runway safety system (TRSS) and method measures, monitors, manages, and informs flight crew on the progress of takeoffs and landings and of any hazardous runway conditions. In some embodiments, the TRSS measures, monitors, and informs flight crew of longitudinal and lateral runway tracks thus preventing overruns and veer-offs during takeoffs and landings. In some embodiments, backscatter of infrared laser beams emitted by the aircraft is used to evaluate groundspeed and the reflectivity of the runway surface to make estimates of the surface conditions, rough­ness …


Flight Dynamics: Flying Qualities Of Handling Factors Are Engineered Into The Aircraft Design, Nihad E. Daidzic Dec 2017

Flight Dynamics: Flying Qualities Of Handling Factors Are Engineered Into The Aircraft Design, Nihad E. Daidzic

Aviation Department Publications

Flight dynamics is an aerospace engineering discupline that addresses aircraft stability and controllability. It is also mathematically very intensive and is traditionally the most difficult in the pilot training curriculum. Ultimately, it does not matter how good steady-state performance of an aircraft design is if its flying (handling) qualities are deficient. Paradoxically, the first airplane Wright Flyer, was statically and dynamically unstable, had large control authority, and was difficult to fly. We've come a long way since those early days, but stability is still vitally important in aircraft design and flight ops. The focus of this article will be airplane …


Find Your Center, Nihad E. Daidzic Apr 2017

Find Your Center, Nihad E. Daidzic

Aviation Department Publications

No abstract provided.


Utilization Of Trss To Assist Pilot’S Decision Making Process During Critical Runway Operations., Nihad E. Daidzic Apr 2016

Utilization Of Trss To Assist Pilot’S Decision Making Process During Critical Runway Operations., Nihad E. Daidzic

Aviation Department Publications

No abstract provided.


Determining The Runway Point-Of-No-Return For Landing Roll Go-Around In Transport Category Airplanes, Nihad E. Daidzic Jan 2016

Determining The Runway Point-Of-No-Return For Landing Roll Go-Around In Transport Category Airplanes, Nihad E. Daidzic

Aviation Department Publications

No abstract provided.


General Solution Of The Wind Triangle Problem And The Critical Tailwind Angle, Nihad E. Daidzic Jan 2016

General Solution Of The Wind Triangle Problem And The Critical Tailwind Angle, Nihad E. Daidzic

Aviation Department Publications

A general analytical solution of the navigational wind-triangle problem and the calculation of the critical tailwind angle are presented in this study among other findings. Any crosswind component will effectively create a headwind component on fixed course tracks. The meaning of a route track is lost with excessive crosswinds representing the bifurcation point between the possible and the impossible navigational solutions. Any wind of constant direction and speed will effectively reduce groundspeed and increase time-of-flight on closed-loop multi-segment flights. Effective wind track component consists, in general, of true and induced components. The average groundspeed of multiple-leg flights is a harmonic …


Extending Gr While Moving Up To Supersonic Speeds Poses Challenges Requiring Innovations, Nihad E. Daidzic Oct 2015

Extending Gr While Moving Up To Supersonic Speeds Poses Challenges Requiring Innovations, Nihad E. Daidzic

Aviation Department Publications

Achieving true global range requires new ideas in lightweight aircraft structures, progress in transonic and supersonic aerodynamics and breakthroughs in low-SFC propulsion.


Aircraft Tests Arrive At Numbers Pilots Need For Safe Operations, Nihad E. Daidzic Nov 2013

Aircraft Tests Arrive At Numbers Pilots Need For Safe Operations, Nihad E. Daidzic

Aviation Department Publications

No abstract provided.


Airplane Landing Flare-The Last 5 Seconds, Nihad E. Daidzic May 2011

Airplane Landing Flare-The Last 5 Seconds, Nihad E. Daidzic

Aviation Department Publications

No abstract provided.


Some Considerations For Regional Airline Operations On Contaminated Runways., Nihad E. Daidzic Apr 2011

Some Considerations For Regional Airline Operations On Contaminated Runways., Nihad E. Daidzic

Aviation Department Publications

No abstract provided.


Adverse Elevator Effect In Landing Flare, Nihad E. Daidzic Apr 2010

Adverse Elevator Effect In Landing Flare, Nihad E. Daidzic

Aviation Department Publications

No abstract provided.


Avoiding Overrun Accidents On Contaminated Runways, Nihad E. Daidzic Dec 2009

Avoiding Overrun Accidents On Contaminated Runways, Nihad E. Daidzic

Aviation Department Publications

No abstract provided.


Avoiding Aircraft Icing Accidents, Nihad E. Daidzic Oct 2009

Avoiding Aircraft Icing Accidents, Nihad E. Daidzic

Aviation Department Publications

No abstract provided.


Avoiding Veer-Off Accidents On Contaminated Runways, Nihad E. Daidzic Sep 2009

Avoiding Veer-Off Accidents On Contaminated Runways, Nihad E. Daidzic

Aviation Department Publications

No abstract provided.


Aircraft Landing Operations On Contaminated Runways, Nihad E. Daidzic Apr 2009

Aircraft Landing Operations On Contaminated Runways, Nihad E. Daidzic

Aviation Department Publications

No abstract provided.


Raising The Dead, Nihad E. Daidzic Aug 2008

Raising The Dead, Nihad E. Daidzic

Aviation Department Publications

No abstract provided.