Airplane stability and control : a history of the technologies that made aviation possible / Malcolm...
Airplane stability and control : a history of the technologies that made aviation possible / Malcolm...
Airplane stability and control : a history of the technologies that made aviation possible / Malcolm J. Abzug, E. Eugene Larrabee.
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Publisher
Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Date
1997.
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N629.13236/5
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Language
English
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Physical content
xvii, 373 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. Early Developments in Stability and Control -- Ch. 2. Teachers and Texts -- Ch. 3. Flying Qualities Becomes a Science -- Ch. 4. Power Effects on Stability and Control -- Ch. 5. Managing Control Forces -- Ch. 6. Stability and Control at the Design Stage -- Ch. 7. The Jets at an Awkward Age --...
Ch. 24. Work Still to be Done -- Short Biographies of Some Stability and Control Figures.
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Publisher
Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1997.
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Summary
From the first airplanes that flew for just minutes at a time to today's advanced aircraft, flying qualities have depended on airplane stability and control. This book offers an informal history of the personalities and events surrounding the development of airplane stability and control, detailing both the science and its application to design. Th...
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Airplane stability and control : a history of the technologies that made aviation possible / Malcolm J. Abzug, E. Eugene Larrabee.
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Cambridge aerospace series ; 6.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-359) and index.
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N629.13236/5
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74VMbbpbN7bg
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ISBN
0521552362 (hardback)
9780521552363 (hardback)
DDC
629.13236
629.1323609
MMS ID
991000893919702626
