Airplane stability and control
Subtitle: a history of the technologies that made aviation possible
By: Malcolm J. Abzug, E. Eugene Larrabee.
Contributors: Larrabee, E. Eugene.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Cambridge aerospace series -- 14.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 391
Subjects: Stability of airplanes.; Airplanes -- Design and construction -- History.; Airplanes -- Control systems -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-376) and index.
Table of contents: title: Early developments in stability and control; title: Research centers and texts; title: Flying qualities becomes a science; title: Power effects on stability and control; title: Managing control forces; title: Stability and control at the design stage; title: The jets at an awkward age; title: The discovery of inertial coupling; title: Spinning and recovery; title: Tactical airplane maneuverability; title: High mach number difficulties; title: Naval aircraft problems; title: Ultra-light and human-powered airplanes; title: Fuel slosh, deep stall, and more; title: Safe personal airplanes; title: Stability and control issues with variable sweep; title: Modern canard configurations Evolution of the equations of motion; title: The elastic airplane; title: Stability augmentation; title: Flying qualities research moves with the times; title: Challenge of stealth aerodynamics; title: Very large aircraft; title: Work still to be done.