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Old 9th Aug 2011, 13:42
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an aircraft which is inherently naturally speed stable (by design concept)
Doesn't speed stable also mean pitch stable? When I studied aerodynamics a hundred years ago, the instructor said all conventional airplanes are unstable in pitch. Their sphugoid may be long in period, but still there. Nobody challenged him.

From what I read, the A330 was not designed to be pitch/speed stable, but pitch/speed neutral.
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