Aircraft Performance and Sizing, Volume I
Fundamentals of Aircraft Performance

Timothy Takahashi (Author)

9781606506837

Paperback / softback, published 15 December 2017

252 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.365 kg

This book is a concise practical treatise for the student or experienced professional aircraft designer.

This volume comprises key fundamental subjects for aerodynamic performance analysis: the basics of flight mechanics bridging both engineering and piloting perspectives, propulsion system performance attributes, practical drag prediction methods, aircraft ""up and away"" flight performance and aircraft mission performance.

This book may serve as a textbook for an undergraduate aircraft performance course or as a reference for the classically trained practicing engineer.