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Airplane design and construction

By far the major part of experimental work in aero-dynamics has been conducted in Europe rather than in America, where the feat of flying in a heavier-than-air machine was first accomplished. This book presents in greater detail than has hitherto been attempted in this country the application of aerodynamic research conducted abroad to practical airplane design. The airplane industry is now shifting from the design and construction of military types of craft to that of pleasure and commercial types. 

The publication of this book at this time is, therefore, opportune, and it should go far toward replacing by scientific procedure many of the "cut and try" methods now used. Employment of the data presented should enable designers to save both time and expense. 

The arrangement, presentation of subject matter, and explanation of the derivation of working formulae, together with the assumptions upon which they are based, and consequently their limitations, are such that the book lends itself to use as a text in technical schools and colleges.

The dedication of this volume to Wilbur and Orville Wright is at once appropriate and significant; appropriate, in that it is a tangible expression of the keen appreciation of the author for the great work of these two brothers, and significant, in that it is a return, in the form of a rational analysis of many of the problems relating to airplane design and operation, on the part of the product of an older civilization to the product of the new, as a sort of recompense for the daring, courage and inventive genius which made human flight possible.

Contents of the book :

INTRODUCTION vii

PART I
Structure of the Airplane

CHAPTER

I. The Wings 1

II. The Control Surfaces 19

III. The Fuselage 37

IV. The Landing Gear 44

V. The Engine 51

VI. The Propeller 72

PART II

VII. Elements of Aerodynamics 87

VIII. The Glide 102

IX. Flying with Power On 115

X. Stability and Maneuverability 134

XI. Flying in the Wind 151

PART III

XII. Problems of Efficiency. 161

XIII. The Speed. 167

XIV. The Climbing 188

XV. Great Loads and Long Flights 204

PART IV
Design of the Airplane

XVI. Materials 221

XVII. Planning the Project 261

XVIII. Static Analysis of Main Planes and Control Surfaces .... 276
XIX. Static Analysis of Fuselage, Landing Gear and Propeller. . . 324

XX. Determination of the Flying Characteristics 358

XXI. Sand Tests Weighing Flight Tests . . 379

INDEX. . - 401

the book details :

Author:Ottorino Pomilio

Publication date:  1919

Company: New York: McGraw-Hill book company, inc.

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