Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 629.1325252
EAN: 9781560272175
ISBN: 1560272171
Label: Aviation Supplies & Academics
Languages: Array
Manufacturer: Aviation Supplies & Academics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: 1996-01
Publisher: Aviation Supplies & Academics
Studio: Aviation Supplies & Academics

Written with a building-block approach to learning to fly a helicopter, this comprehensive textbook shows pilots the underlying foundation of why the helicopter behaves the way it does. Discussing the complexities of helicopter flight in clear terms, this book explains the aerodynamic factors associated with rotor stalls, mast bumping, and wind effect. Also included are testing requirements and complete helicopter theory that every pilot can grasp and use to best master this type of aircraft.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Worse than nothing
Comment: As a physicist and mathematician, I can say this is the most poorly written, confusing, self-contradictor, error filled piece of junk I have ever had the misfortune to encounter. My wife (a PhD in Chemistry) and I tried to use it as a learning tool for our ppl and felt that we were worse off than with nothing.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Reference Book
Comment: I purchased this book because I needed another study guide for the AFAST exam. The explanations, diagrams and glossary words were key for me. Anyone with moderate knowledge of physics shouldn't have any issue with this book. After talking to several helicopter pilots I do feel that some things were left out of the book, but overall this book is excellent for getting familarized with basic helicopter principles.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Brand new
Comment: I ordered new books og that's what I've got. My books are in mint condition.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Principles of Helicopter Flight
Comment: I purchased this book as an optional book for a helicopter theory class, knowing nothing about helicopters going into the class. Since, I have found this book an essential read to supplement the FAA's rotorcraft flying handbook. Principles of Helicopter Flight delves deep into the theory of helicopter operation more than the FAA version, with chapters broken up well for each subject. It also follows a very logical, simple format so that people not familiar with basic physics concepts can pick up the book and learn everything they need to know. Overall, it is the perfect text for new pilots and veterans alike. Engineers will have to use it only as reference, as it does not delve too deep into the equations of flight theory and aerodynamics.Principles of Helicopter Flight

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Helicopter Flight Backgrounds for the layman
Comment: The book tries to explain the physics of helicopter flight to people without any background in mathematics or physics. A lot of the ideas that could be written down in a simple formula are explained over and over again in prose. So if you have some physics or math background you will find the text quite annoying.
If you are looking for a more in depth treatment of the topic take a look at Helicopter Theory by Wayne Johnson, or Principles of Helicopter Aerodynamics by J. Gordon Leishman.

However most laymen should find the text quite understandable, although the desire of the author to make it easy to read, renders the text quite inaccurate.

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