Tailless Aircraft

Karl Nickel (Author), Michael Wohlfahrt (Author), Eric Brown (Author)

9780340614020, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 1 September 1994

512 pages
28 x 19 x 3 cm, 1.08 kg

The book discusses the full range of tailless designs, from hanggliders to the US 'Stealth Bomber', and includes a detailed look at particularly significant designs. The authors' own experience in this field allows them to explain and illustrate the topic in a way that will both appeal to the enthusiast and satisfy the professional aerodynamicist's need for academic rigour: a rare mix of sound science and first hand experience.

Introduction * Aerodynamic basic principles * Stability * Control * Flight characteristics * The design of sweptback flying wings: I. Optimisation II. Fundamentals III. Special problems * Hanggliders * Flying models * Fables, misjudgements and prejudices, fairy tales and myths * Discussion of representative tailless aircraft * Bibliography * Name, aircraft and subject index.

Subject Areas: Aircraft: general interest [WGM], Aerospace & aviation technology [TRP], Aerodynamics [TGMF1], Secretarial, clerical & office skills [KJWS], Management & management techniques [KJM]