A proposed hypersonic plane would climb to 100,000 feet, fly 3800 miles per hour, and cross the Pacific in 2 hours. Control of the aircraft speed could be represented by the model in Figure P4.14. Find the sensitivity of the closed-loop transfer function T(s) to a small change in the parameter a.
Figure P4.14
Hypersonic airplane speed control.

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1s+4) s(s + as +1) Y(s) → Flight speed R(s)