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Old 16th August 2010 | 18:38
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Manoeuverability, manoeuver stability and stick force stability

Good afternoon,

I have been wondering a few things about vocabulary after having seen the following question out of Fly Around database (Principles Of Flight) :

The (1) stick force stability and the (2) manoeuvre stability are positively affected by:

b) (1) forward CG movement (2) forward CG movement
(this is the right answer).

- I wanted to know what does "Manoeuver stability" exactly means.

- Is that right to say an aircraft with high manoeuver stability has low
manoeuverability ? Which would mean that the more stable an aircraft is
the slower it responds to pilot inputs.

- What does "Stick force stability" means ? I do know what "stick force" is
but truely I do not see any sense in adding the word "stability" at the end
of that expression.

Thanks a lot.
Emmanuel Cordier.
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