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Airplane stability and control : a history of the technologies that made aviation possible /

"Much of the book's content captures never-before-available impressions of those active in the field, from pre-Wright brothers airplane and glider builders straight through to contemporary aircraft designers. The chapters are arranged thematically, dealing with single subjects over their e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Abzug, Malcolm J.
Otros Autores: Larrabee, E. Eugene
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Edición:2nd ed.
Colección:Cambridge aerospace series ; 14.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Early developments in stability and control
  • Research centers and texts
  • Flying qualities becomes a science
  • Power effects on stability and control
  • Managing control forces
  • Stability and control at the design stage
  • The jets at an awkward age
  • The discovery of inertial coupling
  • Spinning and recovery
  • Tactical airplane maneuverability
  • High mach number difficulties
  • Naval aircraft problems
  • Ultra-light and human-powered airplanes
  • Fuel slosh, deep stall, and more
  • Safe personal airplanes
  • Stability and control issues with variable sweep
  • Modern canard configurations Evolution of the equations of motion
  • The elastic airplane
  • Stability augmentation
  • Flying qualities research moves with the times
  • Challenge of stealth aerodynamics
  • Very large aircraft
  • Work still to be done.