aerodonetics

English

aerodonetics (uncountable)

the study of the stability of aircraft in flight, especially the study of gliders^[1]^[2]^[3]

study of the stability of aircraft in flight

^ 1906 Frederick Lanchester, Flight - Volume 1 - Aerodynamics, page v: "the word aerodromics may be given a more comprehensive meaning than that originally proposed, perhaps even to include both the aerodynamics and aerodonetics of flight"
^ 1906 Frederick Lanchester, Flight - Volume 1 - Aerodynamics, page vi: "Derived from the Greek, άεροδὀνηγος (lit. "tossed in mid-air," "soaring")."
^ 1908 Frederick Lanchester, Flight - Volume 2 - Aerodonetics