Tailless Aircraft

ISBN-13: 9780340614020 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 512 str.

Karl Nickel (Former Professor of Practical and Applied Maths;Michael Wohlfahrt;Eric Brown (Test Pilot and Former President of the Royal Aer

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Discusses the range of tailless designs, from hanggliders to the US 'Stealth Bomber', and includes a detailed look at particularly significant designs. The authors' own experience in this field allows them to explain and illustrate the topic in a way that appeal to the enthusiast and satisfies the professional aerodynamicist.

Spis treści

Introduction * Aerodynamic basic principles * Stability * Control * Flight characteristics * The design of sweptback flying wings: I. Optimisation II. Fundamentals III. Special problems * Hanggliders * Flying models * Fables, misjudgements and prejudices, fairy tales and myths * Discussion of representative tailless aircraft * Bibliography * Name, aircraft and subject index.