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31st March 2006 | 17:38

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PhilM

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Oscillatory Instability -
The tendancy for an aircraft which is laterally but not sufficiently directionally stable, to recover from a sideslip with an increasing wallowing motion.

From my JAR66 Module 8 (Aerodynamics) notes, hope that helps