Title: Describe various types of static stability as related to aircraft.
Course: Aircraft Pilot Training I (20053-I) > Section: Examining the Forces that Act on Aircraft

Description should include the following:

- Static stability is the initial tendency, or direction of movement, back to equilibrium. In aviation, it refers to the aircraft’s initial response when disturbed from a given pitch, yaw, or bank.
- Positive static stability is the initial tendency of the aircraft to return to the original state of equilibrium after being disturbed.
- Neutral static stability is the initial tendency of the aircraft to remain in a new condition after its equilibrium has been disturbed.
- Negative static stability is the initial tendency of the aircraft to continue away from the original state of equilibrium after being disturbed.

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