From the Book - Regular Print
1.2 Classification of Flight Vehicles 5 --
1.3 Aircraft Specifications 6 --
1.4 Applicability of Software 32 --
Chapter 2. Atmosphere 39 --
2.1 Mathematical Description of Operating Environment 39 --
2.2 Flight Envelope 43 --
2.3 Effect of Adverse Weather on Flight Operations 47 --
Chapter 3. Characteristics of Power Plants 53 --
3.2 Piston Engines and Propellers 53 --
3.4 An Actual Turbofan Engine 70 --
Chapter 4. Flight Vehicle Lift-Drag Characteristics 75 --
4.4 Drag Caused by Lift 76 --
4.5 Maximum Lift and Stall 77 --
4.6 Typical Section Characteristics 80 --
4.7 Pitching Moment 90 --
4.8 Change in Airfoil Characteristics with Increasing Mach Number 91 --
4.9 Advanced Airfoils 92 --
4.10 Effect of Surface Roughness on Airfoil Characteristics 97 --
Chapter 5. Equations of Motion 103 --
5.2 Derivation of Equations 103 --
5.3 Stability Equations 104 --
5.4 Dynamic Performance Equations 115 --
5.5 Static Performance Equations 119 --
5.6 Summary of Differences in Equation Sets 120 --
5.7 Equations of Motion with Reference to a Fixed Position on the Earth 120 --
Chapter 6. Determination of Aerodynamic Characteristics 127 --
6.1 Theoretical Prediction 127 --
6.2 Extraction of Values from Wind-Tunnel Tests 127 --
6.3 Extraction of Values from Flight Tests 131 --
6.4 Flight-Test Instrumentation 135 --
6.5 What Is Position Error? 137 --
6.7 Correction to Indicated Values for Position Error 138 --
6.8 Tower Fly-By Method 139 --
6.10 Why the Interest in Position Error? 141 --
6.11 Example of Pressure Field Effects 141 --
Chapter 7. Flight Vehicle Performance 145 --
7.1 Maximum and Minimum Level Flight Speed 145 --
7.2 Speed for Best Rate of Climb V[subscript y] 148 --
7.3 Speed for Steepest Climb V[subscript x] 151 --
7.4 Service Ceiling and Absolute Ceiling 152 --
7.5 Speed for Maximum Range 152 --
7.6 Speed for Maximum Endurance 159 --
7.7 Speed for Most Economical Climb 161 --
7.8 Maxima and Minima in Nonsteady Flight 162 --
7.9 Takeoff and Landing 162 --
7.10 Power-Off Flight 165 --
7.11 Practical Piloting Problems 166 --
7.12 Turning Flight 168 --
7.13 Other Aspects of Performance 171 --
7.14 Using the Computer Programs 171 --
7.15 Example Problems Involving Jet Aircraft 202 --
Chapter 8. Aerodynamic Control Forces and Static Stability 251 --
8.2 Origin of Aerodynamic Control Forces 251 --
8.3 Stability Derivatives 251 --
8.5 Meaning of Static Stability 290 --
8.6 Control Forces and Aerodynamic Balance 294 --
8.7 Relation of Control Forces to Static Stability 304 --
8.8 Using Program STABLE97 306 --
8.9 Using Program STADER97 307 --
Chapter 9. Flight Vehicle Aerodynamic Control 319 --
9.2 Determination of Horizontal Tail Size and Location 319 --
9.3 Determination of Vertical Tail Size and Location 320 --
9.4 Determination of Permissible Center-of-Gravity Travel 330 --
9.5 High-Lift Devices 330 --
9.6 Computer Computation of Lateral-Directional Static Stability and Control Force Characteristics 331 --
Appendix A. Pressure, Density, and Temperature Variations with Altitude 339 --
A.1 Relation of Pressure and Altitude 339 --
A.2 Pressure-Depth Relation in the Ocean 340 --
A.3 In the Atmosphere 340 --
A.4 Temperature Variation with Altitude in the Troposphere 340 --
A.5 Pressure-Altitude Variation in the Stratosphere 340 --
A.6 Pressure-Altitude Variation in the Troposphere 341 --
A.7 Density-Altitude Relationship in the Atmosphere 342 --
A.8 Density-Temperature Relationship in Water 342 --
Appendix B. Octane Ratings 343 --
Appendix C. Description and Use of Program TRAJECT 345.