Title: Describe types of static stability related to aircraft.
Course: Aircraft Pilot Training I (20053-I) > Section: Explaining the Aerodynamics of Flight

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.

PLT480

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is static stability?