Tailless Aircraft
By- Karl Nickel, Former Professor of Practical and Applied Maths, University of Freiburg, Germany
- Michael Wohlfahrt
- Eric Brown, RN, Test Pilot and Former President of the Royal Aeronautical Society
The book discusses the full 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 will both appeal to the enthusiast and satisfy the professional aerodynamicist's need for academic rigour: a rare mix of sound science and first hand experience.
Audience
University and technical libraries with aeronautical interest; postgraduate and postdoctoral aeronautical researchers; flight enthusiasts for powered flight, gliders, hanggliders, microlights and aeronautical history; designers of model aircrafts.
Hardbound, 512 Pages
Published: September 1994
Imprint: Butterworth Heinemann
ISBN: 978-0-340-61402-0
Contents
- 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.
