The design of the aeroplane / Darrol Stinton.
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford : Blackwell Science, 2001.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxxiv, 684 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780632054015:
- 0632054018
- 629.1341
- .S773 2001
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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General Lending | Carlow Campus Library General Lending | 629.1341 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 60357 |
CW526
CW507
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Airworthiness the object -- Vocabulary of Design.
Aerodynamics -- The nature of air -- Arrangement of surfaces -- Drag, flaps and wakes.
Performance -- Power for flight -- Reciprocating engines -- Turbine engines - and a range equation.
Operational Characteristics -- Fuselages, hulls and floats -- Choice of landing gear -- Longitudinal stability -- Control surfaces -- Lateral and directional stability and spinning -- How big and how heavy.
Project Examples --Layout, including 'Using the back of an envelope' -- Appendices -- Index
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