Éditeur | World Scientific Publishing Co |
Pays | USA |
Code ISBN | ISBN-10: 1860940552 ISBN-13: 978-1860940552 |
Format | 15,7 x 1,5 cm |
Nombre de pages |
148 |
Sommaire |
Foreword
Section A: The sailplane in still air
Chapter 1 Units, and Some Basic Ideas
Chapter 2 Wings and winglets
Chapter3 The Drag of a Sailplane
Chapter 4 The Equations of Motion
Section B: Instruments for soaring flight
Chapter 5 Instruments for Soaring Flight
Chapter 6 Other Instruments
Section C: The sailplane in the atmosphere
Chapter 7 The Sailplane in the Atmosphere
Chapter 8 Flying in Thermals: the Classical Analysis
Chapter 9 Some Ideas on the Practice of Cross-Country Flying
Chapter 10 More Advanced Ideas on Cross-Country Flying
Chapter 11 Optimisations in General
Chapter 12 The Effects of Wind
Chapter 13 The Effect of Centre of Gravity Position
Chapter 14 A Brief Note on Computers, Flight Data Recorders, GPS, etc.
Appendices
I. Some Useful General References
II. Conversion Factors
III. The Standard Atmosphere
Symbols
Index
List of Authors Quoted at the End of Each Chapter |
Résumé |
Ce livre ne s'adresse pas au pilote de planeur débutant mais donnera des bases théoriques aux connaissances d'un pilote déjà expérimenté. Certains documents sont tirés des publications de l'OSTIV (Organisation Scientifique et Technique Internationale de Vol à Voile) et de "Technical Soaring". |
Genre |
Techniques et Construction |
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2e édition : Imperial College Press (30 mars 1999). ISBN-10: 1860940552 ISBN-13: 978-1860940552 |
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