Textbook in PDF format

Key Features
Organized by articles and structured in an "equation/derivation/solved example" format for easy access to the content you need
Numerical examples involve actual aircraft specs
Contains high-interest topics not found in other texts, including sizing of horizontal and vertical tails to minimize drag, sizing of lifting surfaces to ensure proper dynamic stability, numerical performance methods, and common faults and fixes in aircraft design
Provides a unique safety-oriented design checklist based on industry experience
Discusses advantages and disadvantages of using computational tools during the design process
Features detailed summaries of design options detailing the pros and cons of each aerodynamic solution
Includes three case studies showing applications to business jets, general aviation aircraft, and UAVs
Numerous high-quality graphics clearly illustrate the book's concepts (note: images are full-color in eBook only)
Description
Find the right answer the first time with this useful handbook of preliminary aircraft design. Written by an engineer with close to 20 years of design experience, General Aviation Aircraft Design: Applied Methods and Procedures provides the practicing engineer with a versatile handbook that serves as the first source for finding answers to realistic aircraft design questions. The book is structured in an "equation/derivation/solved example" format for easy access to content. Readers will find it a valuable guide to topics such as sizing of horizontal and vertical tails to minimize drag, sizing of lifting surfaces to ensure proper dynamic stability, numerical performance methods, and common faults and fixes in aircraft design. In most cases, numerical examples involve actual aircraft specs. Concepts are visually depicted by a number of useful black-and-white figures, photos, and graphs (with full-color images included in the eBook only). Broad and deep in coverage, it is intended for practicing engineers, aerospace engineering students, mathematically astute amateur aircraft designers, and anyone interested in aircraft design.
Readership
Aircraft manufacturers, aircraft designers, aircraft maintenance and modification organizations, students in aerospace engineering.
Introduction
Aircraft Structural Layout
The Power Plant
Fluid Mechanics
Trade Studies
Aircraft Weight Analysis
The Wing Planform
The Anatomy of the Airfoil
The Anatomy of the Wing
Aircraft Drag Analysis
The Propeller
Tail Design
Performance: Take-off
Performance: Climb
Performance: Cruise
Performance: Range Analysis
Performance: Descent
Performance: Landing
Static Longitudinal Stability
Dynamic Longitudinal Stability
Static Lateral and Directional Stability
Dynamic Lateral and Directional Stability
Control System Design
Fuselage Design
Miscellaneous Design Notes
Aircraft Load Analysis
Appendix A: Mathematics
Appendix B: Physics