Description: A classic "must-have" guide for anyone who dreams of designing, building and flying their own personal airplane. Martin Hollmann was the consummate aeronautical-engineer's engineer. As was true of many "old school" aviation pioneers of the mid-20th century such as Kelly Johnson or Burt Rutan, Hollmann had an innate sense of what nature demanded of an aircraft design in order for it to be safe, resilient, efficient, fast-speedster or forgiving-workhorse as it's remit required. Such understanding isn't a substitute for rigorous engineering discipline, but instead it informs the designer of where experimentation might deliver improvements, or key considerations for where operating limits may quickly conspire to cause failure when no slow and progressive warning is apparent. Hollmann was a superb engineer in the Germanic tradition, and even though his texts are on the order of twenty years old, mother nature hasn't changed the physics of flying. In fact, in an era where we have surrendered altogether too much reliance to automated computational systems [the workings of which - if we are honest - are too complex and obscure for us to fully understand], there is much to learn -- and a true intrinsic understanding of why things work the way they do to be gained -- from following the pure design logic predominant at a time when such understanding was the hallmark of innovation and excellence. And yet, written at the time personal computing tools were first gaining currency, Hollmann provides a bridge between instinctive old-school engineering practice and modern computing efficiency. Making this - as was said earlier - a "must-have" resource for the avid do-it-yourself aviation buff. ================================================ Modern Aircraft Design - Volume 2 ... fourth edition ... 144 pp; 11"x8.5" "as new" condition ... no markings / torn pages / written notes Discounts if combined with other of Martin Hollmann's books from my other listings: - 12.5% for 2 books;- 20% for 3 books;- 25% for 4 books;- 33% for 5 or more books
Price: 33 USD
Location: Houston, Texas
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Format: Spiral Bound
Language: English
Book Title: Modern Aircraft Design - Volume 2
Signed: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Author: Martin Hollmann
Original Language: English
Genre: Do it Yourself Projects
Topic: Aircraft Design
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Number of Pages: 144
