The physical nature of flight.
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| Language: | English |
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New York,
Norton,
[1951]
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| Edition: | [1st ed.]. |
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Table of Contents:
- A new airplane flies
- The atmosphere
- Newton's laws
- Lift
- Drag
- Impact
- Friction
- The practical aspects of air flow
- Pressures
- The strength of the negative pressures
- The vortex
- Flow separations cause trouble
- The stall made harmless
- Wing sections and streamlining
- Why planes require long wings
- The full fabric of lift
- Propulsion
- The compromises in a flying machine
- Stability
- Better flight control
- Flight efficiency
- How fast?
- Looking back 100 million years
- Looking ahead.