Flight Mechanics of High-Performance Aircraft

by Nguyen X. Vinh

Book Overview

This text, written at a level accessible to advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students, covers all aspects of flight performance of modern day high-performance aircraft, from take-off to landing, through different phases of flight in climb, cruise, turning and descent. The book begins with an introduction to equations of motion, aerodynamic forces, and propulsion systems and then goes on to apply what has been learned to performance during...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521478529
• ISBN13: 9780521478526
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"