MAGIC CARPET is a very successful carrier landing control technology for carrier-based aircraft in the United States in recent years,and will be the main landing mode in the future.The stability of MAGIC CARPET control is studied.Firstly,the control structures of MAGIC CARPET landing and conventional landing are analyzed.Then,a real-time human-in-the-loop simulation experiment is conducted,which consists of two groups:MAGIC CARPET control and conventional control,with each group divided into two situations of immobile throttle and auto-throttle-on.The experiment shows that for the stability performance,including flight path stability and controllability,speed stability,and angle of attack stability,the order from high to low is:MAGIC CARPET control with auto-throttle-on,MAGIC CARPET control with immobile throttle,conventional control with auto-throttle-on,and conventional control with immobile throttle,which reveals that MAGIC CARPET has excellent stability performance.Finally,the stability mechanism of MAGIC CARPET control and conventional control is comprehensively analyzed from the perspectives of D-V curve,signal-flow graph,complex domain,etc.The research results provide reference for aircraft landing and direct force control.