Civilian Aircraft Modification for Military Purposes: Evaluation of Stability and Handling Qualities of the Aircraft according to MIL-STD-1797

The topic of the thesis is framed within the activities of a project whose purpose is to convert a civil platform into a multi-role aircraft capable of long range maritime patrol mission, as well as anti-submarine and anti- surface warfare missions. Design and modification activities will require to evaluate (starting from an aerodynamic and engines mathematical model) the stability derivatives and the dynamic stability of the modified aircraft. Within this context the main objective is to evaluate the dynamic stability of the modified aircraft Here are the milestones of the work: > Mathematical model - Run of simulations for the unmodified aircraft - Run of simulations for the modified aircraft > Evaluation of the dynamic stability of the unmodified aircraft > Evaluation of the dynamic stability of the modified aircraft > Evaluation of the obtained results for the modified aircraft against platform modifier results > Evaluation of the obtained results against MIL-STD-1797