The Design and Construction of Flying Model Aircraft

D. A. Russell

• Publisher: Barlow Press
• Year: 2011
• eBook ISBN:
  9781446549094
• Print ISBN:
  9781443765381

This book contains an accessible and novice-friendly guide to designing and constructing model aircraft. Containing step-by-step instructions and helpful diagrams, this book is highly recommended for those with an interest in model aircraft construction. It would make for a great addition to collections of related literature. The chapters of this volume include: "Airfoils", "Airfoil and Fuselages for Monoplanes and Biplanes", "Drag", "Control Surfaces", "Aircraft Performance", "Airscrew Design", "Airscrew Performance", "Rubber Motors", "Testing Power-Driven Airscrews", "Wind-Tunnel Testing", "Wing Construction", etcetera. Many antiquarian books such as this are increasingly hard to come by and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high quality edition - complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on model building.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Author’s Note
• Contents
• Appendix 1.—FORMULÆ
• Chapter I.—Airfoils
• Chapter II.—Airfoils and Fuselages for Monoplanes and Biplanes
• Chapter III.—Drag
• Chapter IV.—Control Surfaces
• Chapter V.—Aircraft Performance
• Chapter VI.—Airscrew Design
• Chapter VII.—Airscrew Performance
• Chapter VIII.—Rubber Motors
• Chapter IX.—Testing Power-driven Airscrews
• Chapter X.—Wind-tunnel Testing
• Chapter XI.—Wing Construction
• Chapter XII.—Fuselage Construction
• Chapter XIII.—Tail Units
• Chapter XIV.—Landing- Chassis, Tyres, and Wheels
• Chapter XV.—The Mounting of Engines and Accessories
• Chapter XVI.—Engine Testing and Tuning
• Chapter XVII.—Flying Petrol Models
• Chapter XVIII.—High-speed Petrol ‘Planes
• Chapter XIX.
• Appendix 1.—Formulæ
• Appendix 2
• Appendix 3
• Appendix 4
• Appendix 5
• Appendix 6
• Appendix 7
• Index