AIRPLANE STABILITY AND CONTROL

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An informal history of the personalities and events surrounding the development of airplane stability and control.From early machines to todays sophisticated aircraft stability and control have always been crucial considerations in aircraft design. This new edition includes new insights of those active in the field from preWright airplane builders through to contemporary aircraft designers. Professionals students and enthusiasts will appreciate this history of the field.From early machines to todays sophisticated aircraft stability and control have always been crucial considerations in aircraft design. This new edition includes new insights of those active in the field from preWright airplane builders through to contemporary aircraft designers. Professionals students and enthusiasts will appreciate this history of the field.From the early machines to todays sophisticated aircraft stability and control have always been crucial considerations. In this second edition Abzug and Larrabee again forge through the history of aviation technologies to present an informal history of the personalities and the events the art and the science of airplane stability and control. The book includes neverbeforeavailable impressions of those active in the field from preWright brothers airplane and glider builders through to contemporary aircraft designers. Arranged thematically the book deals with early developments research centers the effects of power on stability and control the discovery of inertial coupling the challenge of stealth aerodynamics a look toward the future and much more. It is profusely illustrated with photographs and figures and includes brief biographies of noted stability and control figures along with a core bibliography. Professionals students and aviation enthusiasts alike will appreciate this readable history of airplane stability and control.1. Early developments in stability and control: 2. Research centers and texts: 3. Flying qualities becomes a science: 4. Power effects on stability and control: 5. Managing control forces: 6. Stability and control at the design stage: 7. The jets at an awkward age: 8. The discovery of inertial coupling: 9. Spinning and recovery: 10. Tactical airplane maneuverability: 11. High mach number difficulties: 12. Naval aircraft problems: 13. Ultralight and humanpowered airplanes: 14. Fuel slosh deep stall and more: 15. Safe personal airplanes: 16. Stability and control issues with variable sweep: 17. Modern canard configurations: 18. Evolution of the equations of motion: 19. The elastic airplane: 20. Stability augmentation: 21. Flying qualities research moves with the times: 22. Challenge of stealth aerodynamics: 23. Very large aircraft: 24. Work still to be done: Short biographies of some stability and control figures: References and core bibliography.This is a splendid book. The authors try to tell the whole story starting with Cayley. With their immense background practical as well as academic the maths are

Data Publikacji: 2002-09-23
Wymiary: 253 mm 177 mm 24 mm 930 gr