Where to Find Time Periods of Phugoid Motion for Aircrafts

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The discussion centers on the challenge of obtaining time period data for phugoid motion in various aircraft, specifically the Boeing 747-200, Cessna 182, and Beechcraft 99. The user has developed a simulation program to model aircraft motion and seeks validation against existing data. They discovered that while some approximate values exist, such as the Boeing 747's phugoid time period being around 93 seconds, comprehensive data is scarce, likely due to proprietary restrictions in the aviation industry.

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Hello, I have made program for simulating aircraft motion.
I am able to obtain natural modes of motion like phugoid, short phugoid, etc.
but to check whether it is simulating correctly, I need to validate it with some existing data,
so i tried to compare the time period of phugoid of Boeing 747-200 with some data but it seems nowhere on the internet I am able to obtain the time periods of phugoid motion of different aircrafts like boeing 747, cessna 182, beechcraft 99, etc.
Can somebody suggest a good source where this data will available ? or atleast tell the reason why such time period data is hard to obtain ?

Even approximate time periods will be helpful.

Thanks.
 
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It will be hard because it is probably proprietary.
 
Thanks for the reply. But can i get approximate time periods like after searching i found that 747 has phugoid time period of about 93 seconds.
Like so and so family of aircrafts have phugoid time periods in so and so range ?
 

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