- Paperback: 520 pages
- Publisher: Prentice Hall; 10 edition (Feb 9 1996)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0582237408
- ISBN-13: 978-0582237407
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 13.9 x 2.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 708 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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- #54 in Books > Engineering > Aerospace > Applied
- #54 in Books > Professional & Technical > Engineering > Aerospace > Applied
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"This tenth edition is a welcome addition to the book-shelf. . .a very readable book introducing the complexities of flight mechanics which whets the reader's interest and so forms a good stepping stone to textbooks containing more detailed analyses. Recommended!'" -- Aerospace
Book Description
An ideal introduction to the principles of the mechanics of flight. Beginning with a summary of the mechanics of flight, it goes on to cover various aspects such as air and airflow, aerofoils, thrust, level flight, gliding, landing, performance, manoeuvres and stability and control.
Features and Benefits
Many of the diagrams have been redrawn and new photographs depicting modern aircraft types have been included.
Requires only GCSE level science.
Written in a clear and easy-to-understand style.
Contains simple numerical examples which are suitable for students up to HND level standard.
Contains non-numerical questions provide a useful opportunity to test basic understanding.
Brought fully up-to-date while retaining character of the book
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Very smart, excellent,
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This review is from: Mechanics of Flight (Paperback)
Aeronautical engineering without equations. Nevertheless, no compromise . No detail left out. Very torough. No corner cut round. Lots of graphics, lots of diagram, most of all, a smart text , easy to understand. It appealed to me as an engineer; it clarified important issues to me as a pilot.Mr Kermode is very respectabkle both as an engineer and as a communicator I recommand enthusiastically
3.0 out of 5 stars
A Qualitative Treatment of Flight Mechanics,
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This review is from: Mechanics of Flight (Paperback)
This book is a good read on flight mechanics but is somewhat cursory in it's treatment of topics. The author's style makes for easy reading, albeit spelling and grammar is very British. The examples, graphs and what mathematics is presented in the book are in metric units. For the size of the book the author covers a broad range of subjects. He has a fluid style and an easy way of describing what can be a complex subject.The book, in my opinion, would not be appropriate as a college text on flight mechanics, but could be appropriate for some aviation technical courses. It is a good introductory text for pilots and homebuilders interested in gaining a qualitative grasp of the subject. For engineers, a more suitable text would be a book by the same title, "Mechanics of Flight", by Warren F. Phillips. This could easily be a companion text to that book or other more quantitative treatises on the subject.
5.0 out of 5 stars
wan to to understand flight ?- this is the book!,
By Peter Allen (Adelaide, South Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mechanics of Flight (Paperback)
This book is probably considered a classic - first released in 1972. its still published thirty years later.Mr. Kermode has taken something as complex as flight and describes it in such a way to make it informative and interesting. I bought this book while I was doing a private and commercial flying licence and it proved invaluable in explaining many concepts in a way that made sense. I beleive this book is worth every cent I paid for it - buy it!
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