%0 Journal Article %A Artyszuk, Jaroslaw %T Inherent Properties of Ship Manoeuvring Linear Models in View of the Full-mission Model Adjustment %J TransNav, the International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation %V 10 %N 4 %P 595-604 %D 2016 %U ./Article_Inherent_Properties_of_Ship_Manoeuvring_Artyszuk,40,683.html %X The paper presents new results on the inherent properties of ship linear dynamics. The focus is made on the second-order formulation for the uncoupled equations of sway and yaw, and on their unique, unknown performance within the zigzag test. From the standpoint of application to full-mission model tuning, a very important loop in the drift-yaw domain of the zigzag behaviour, as governed by the rudder rate dependent time constants (of T3-type), is brought to the light. This and some other dependent effects, like overshoot angle performance, are likely to be lost, if the well-known, rather ambiguous, first-order approximations are deployed. %@ 2083-6473 %R 10.12716/1001.10.04.08