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GATE Flight Mechanics & Space Dynamics: Special topics: Equations of motion, Euler angles, longitudinal and lateral-directional modes, Hohmann orbital transfers – Previous Year Questions

4 GATE previous year questions on Special topics: Equations of motion, Euler angles, longitudinal and lateral-directional modes, Hohmann orbital transfers (Flight Mechanics & Space Dynamics, Aerospace Engineering) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2021 AE Q44 (2 marks, Multiple select) – Which aircraft dynamic-stability statements are correct?
  2. GATE 2022 AE Q45 (2 marks, Multiple select) – For a conventional airplane in straight, level, constant velocity flight condition, which of the following condition(s) is/are possible on Euler…
  3. GATE 2023 AE Q24 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Which one of the following figures represents the qualitative variation of absolute deceleration dV dt with altitude h (measured from the mean sea…
  4. GATE 2024 AE Q62 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – For a general aviation airplane, one of the complex conjugate pair of eigenvalues for longitudinal dynamics is given by -0.039 0.0567\,i (in SI…