A Simple Method for Calculating the Characteristics of the Dutch Roll Motion of an Airplane ; NACA Technical Notes

A simple method for calculating the characteristics of the Dutch roll motion of an airplane is obtained by arranging the lateral equations of motion in such form and order that an iterative process is quickly convergent. Primary effects of variation of the important stability derivatives on the period and damping can be seen more clearly from the iterative method than from the fourth-order characteristic equation.