Model aircraft aerodynamics / Martin Simons.
Material type: TextPublication details: Swanley : Nexus Special Interests, 1999.Edition: 4th edDescription: viii, 344p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781854861900:
- 1854861905
- 629.1331
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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General Lending | Carlow Campus Library General Lending | 629.1331 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 60356 |
Previous ed.: 1999.
CW507
CW526
Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-340) and index.
Fundamentals -- Factors affecting lift and drag -- Scale effect and boundary layer -- Basic model performance problems -- Reducing vortex-induced drag: 1 Aspect ratio -- Reducingvortex-induced drag: 2 Plandorm, twist, wing tips and winglets -- Aerofoil sections: 1 Camber -- Aerofoil sections: 2 Turbulent flow aerofoils -- Aerofoil sections: 3 Laminar flow aerofoils -- The wind tunnel -- Parasite drag -- Trim and stability -- Control -- Propellers --The helicopter rotor
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