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Why is Dutch roll damping specified as a damping ratio and also as a product with frequency?

  • A.Because the ratio alone allows an unacceptably slow absolute decay at low frequency
  • B.Because the two quantities are measured with different instruments during flight test
  • C.Because the ratio cannot be measured in flight
  • D.Because the product determines the frequency

Answer: A

The two constraints catch different faults: the ratio governs the shape of the decay while the product governs its speed in seconds, so a low-frequency mode can satisfy the ratio and still wallow for twenty seconds. Specifying both closes that gap. Both come from one trace and one set of instruments. The ratio is perfectly measurable by logarithmic decrement. And the product does not determine the frequency; it is a product of it.

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