NAVWEPS 00-8OT-80  STABILITY AND CONTROL  POSITIVE STATIC STABILITY  TENDENCY  TO RETURN  TO EOUILIBRIUM  L  EOUILIBRIUM  TENDENCY TO CONTINUE  IN/DISPLACEMENT DIRECTION  \  NEGATIVE STATIC STABILITY  EOulLlBRlUM ENCOUNTERED  AT ANY POINT OF DISPLACEMENT  1  (-1  Figure 4.1. Static Stability 