The history of the helicopter may be traced back to the Chinese flying top (c. 400 B.C.) and to the work of Leonardo da Vinci, who sketched designs for a vertical flight machine utilizing a screw-type propeller. In the late nineteenth century, Thomas Edison experimented with helicopter models, realizing that no such machine would be able to fly until the development of a sufficiently lightweight engine. When the internal combustion gasoline engine came on the scene around 1900, the stage was set for the real development of helicopter technology. While this text provides a concise history of helicopter development, its true purpose is to provide the engineering analysis required to design a highly successful rotorcraft. Toward that end the book offers thorough, comprehensive coverage of the theory of helicopter flight: the elements of vertical flight, forward flight, performance, design, mathematics of rotating systems, rotary wing dynamics and aerodynamics, aeroelasticity, stability and control, stall, noise and more. Wayne Johnson has worked for the U.S. Army and NASA at the Ames Research Center in California. Through his company Johnson Aeronautics, he is engaged in the development of software that is used throughout the world for the analysis of rotorcraft. In this book, Dr. Johnson has compiled a monumental resource that is essential reading for any student or aeronautical engineer interested in the design and development of vertical-flight aircraft.

Helicopter Theory (Dover Books on Aeronautical Engineering)

Engineering & Transportation

Wayne Johnson

Transportation

Dover Publications

Written in cooperation with FN Herstal, this is the most comprehensive book yet published about the FN Model 1949 self-loading rifle. Covers production of the rifle, information about the rare experimental and prototype rifles that preceded the FN-49 and well as other production contracts. Chapters include proofs and markings, sniper configurations and more. Over 300 quality B&amp; W photographs. The breakdown chapter is one of the best references on parts! 8/5x11" (21x28 cm)

The FN-49 The Last Elegant Old-World Military Rifle

Wet Dog Publications

Title: The FN-49, The Last Elegant Old World Military Rifle - Expanded Second Edition Author: Wayne Johnson Pages: 460 all color Cover: Color laminated hardbound cover Size: 8.75" x 11.25" (22 x28 cm.) Photographs &amp; Illustrations: 1,100 color and black &amp; white Printed and bound in the USA! This revised and expanded second edition of The FN-49: The Last Elegant Old-World Military Rifle is the result of author Wayne Johnson's continued and exhaustive study of the FN Model 1949 rifle. All chapters in the book have been updated and in some cases significantly expanded to reflect the results of Johnson's additional research and data gathering over the last fifteen years since the release of the first edition. One new chapter and three new appendixes have been added, page count has increased from 200 to over 400, illustrations have increased from around 300 to over 1,000, and the book is now produced in an exciting new color format. New FN-49 production data as well as many official period photos, provided by sources at FN, enhanced a number of chapters. Over fifty new period images of the FN-49 in action, most never-before published, have been added. The chapter covering the early self-loading rifles that preceded the FN-49 has nearly tripled in length and includes more than 70 images. A new addition is coverage of the various patents that were issued for these early FN self-loading rifles. The Special Rifles chapter has new photographs of unique FN-49s including a prototype sniper rifle, a cut-away, and an infrared night sight-equipped rifle. The Sniper Rifle chapter has been considerably improved, now having more than 75 photographs and additional text, including coverage of the Luxembourg contract OIP scopes, long thought lost. Also included is a fascinating personal account of a sharpshooter that served in the Belgian Congo. Also improved is the chapter on Chamberings, etc.

FN-49 - The Last Elegant Old World Military Rifle - Expanded Second Edition 2019

Das rote Kanu

Polar

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