Stick and Rudder: An Explanation of the Art of Flying:
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WHAT’S IN STICK AND RUDDER:
- The invisible secret of all heavier-than-air flight: the Angle of Attack. What it is, and why it can’t be seen. How lift is made, and what the pilot has to do with it.
- Why airplanes stall How do you know you’re about to stall?
- The landing approach. How the pilot’s eye functions in judging the approach.
- The visual clues by which an experienced pilot unconsciously judges: how you can quickly learn to use them.
- “The Spot that does not move.” This is the first statement of this phenomenon. A foolproof method of making a landing approach across pole lines and trees.
- The elevator and the throttle. One controls the speed, the other controls climb and descent. Which is which?
- The paradox of the glide. By pointing the nose down less steeply, you descend more steeply. By pointing the nose down more steeply, you can glide further.
- What’s the rudder for? The rudder does NOT turn the airplane the way a boat’s rudder turns the boat. Then what does it do?
- How a turn is flown. The role of ailerons, rudder, and elevator in making a turn.
- The landing–how it’s made. The visual clues that tell you where the ground is.
- The “tail-dragger” landing gear and what’s tricky about it. This is probably the only analysis of tail-draggers now available to those who want to fly one.
- The tricycle landing gear and what’s so good about it. A strong advocacy of the tricycle gear written at a time when almost all civil airplanes were taildraggers.
- Why the airplane doesn’t feel the wind.
- Why the airplane usually flies a little sidewise.
- Plus: a chapter on Air Accidents by Leighton Collins, founder and editor of AIR FACTS. His analyses of aviation’s safety problems have deeply influenced pilots and aeronautical engineers and have contributed to the benign characteristics of today’s airplane.
Stick and Rudder is the first exact analysis of the art of flying ever attempted. It has been continously in print for thirty-three years. It shows precisely what the pilot does when he flies, just how he does it, and why.
Because the basics are largely unchanging, the book therefore is applicable to large airplanes and small, old airplanes and new, and is of interest not only to the learner but also to the accomplished pilot and to the instructor himself.
When Stick and Rudder first came out, some of its contents were considered highly controversial. In recent years its formulations have become widely accepted. Pilots and flight instructors have found that the book works.
Today several excellent manuals offer the pilot accurate and valuable technical information. But Stick and Rudder remains the leading think-book on the art of flying. One thorough reading of it is the equivalent of many hours of practice.
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Additional information
| Publisher | McGraw Hill, Second Edition (16 Jan. 1944) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Hardcover | 400 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0070362408 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0070362406 |
| Dimensions | 14.99 x 2.21 x 22.35 cm |
by DIYBOD
I had been promising myself this book for a long time. One of those aviation classics you feel you should read but perhaps never get around to. Well this time I did get around to it when I saw it on Amazon for a sensible price, so many times it has come up at silly money I just couldn’t entertain the idea of buying it but finally a sensibly priced copy appeared from a seller in the States and even with postage it was the chance to get the book I had promised myself. It is packed full of excellent information for the pilot, whether starting out or experienced. It is written in a style which explains the concepts being discussed in a very informative way without using jargon and thus paints the images in the minds eye with clarity. A book I would thoroughly recommend.
Furthermore my copy arrived very quickly from America and so purchasing internationally was as easy as buying fro a UK supplier.
by Bee C
My husband is into aviation and learning how to fly amateurly. He was very delighted to have this book as a gift.
by Iain S
Really loved this book, explains everything so well and is written in the 1940s style that is frequently amusing. Warning for some readers, you may not like the references to the pilot as ALWAYS male, and the only reference to women in this book are as wives or girlfriends.
by David Hvass
Learning to fly made easier reading this excellent work.
by Amazon Customer
This is written as ‘ an explanation of the art of flying ‘ I bought this for my husband who has spent the last 6 years building a VANS RV7 airplane and has a keen interest in flying – obviously as he also has his PPL. The book is well written and simply wants to instil a knowledge of the most important fundamental aspects of flying e.g. ‘The wing keeps the airplane up by pushing the air down.’ There are countless black pencil drawings explaining each point simply so is good if you are a visual learner. There are chapters on Wind drift;that thing called torque etc etc…
by Joao Guerra
One of the best books I have read on this subject
by Jonathan R.
This is “thee” go to book for any aviation enthusiast and current or future pilot to get the very basics nailed in the art of aviation. All content in this book is as relevant today in the 21st century as it was when it was first penned. One of the must haves in any pilot’s library.
by snowymaze
My son was very pleased with these books when given to him as birthday present.