Helicopter Theory Revised Edition Contributor(s): Johnson, Wayne (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486682307 ISBN-13: 9780486682303 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1994 Annotation: Monumental text offers comprehensive, detailed coverage of every aspect of theory and design: elements of vertical flight, forward flight, performance, mathematics of rotating systems, rotary wing dynamics and aerodynamics, aeroelasticity, stability and control, more. Essential reading for those interested in design and development of vertical-flight aircraft. 189 illustrations. 1980 edition. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Science - Technology & Engineering | Aeronautics & Astronautics - Transportation | Aviation - General |
Dewey: 629.133 |
LCCN: 94026727 |
Series: Dover Books on Aeronautical Engineering |
Physical Information: 2" H x 5.62" W x 8.22" (2.44 lbs) 1120 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The history of the helicopter may be traced back to the Chinese flying top (c. 400 B.C.) and to the work of Leonardo da Vinci, who sketched designs for a vertical flight machine utilizing a screw-type propeller. In the late nineteenth century, Thomas Edison experimented with helicopter models, realizing that no such machine would be able to fly until the development of a sufficiently lightweight engine. When the internal combustion gasoline engine came on the scene around 1900, the stage was set for the real development of helicopter technology. |