Introduction to Aircraft Flight Mechanics Performance, Static and Dynamic Stability, Classical Feedback Control, with State-Space and Rotorcraft Foundations

"Introduction to Aircraft Flight Mechanics, Third Edition revises and expands this acclaimed, widely adopted textbook. Outstanding for use in undergraduate aeronautical engineering curricula, it is written for those first encountering the topic by clearly explaining the concepts and derivations of equations involved in aircraft flight mechanics. It begins with a review of basic aerodynamics and propulsion and continues through aircraft performance, equations of motion, static stability, linearizing equations of motion, dynamic stability, classical feedback control, stability and control augmentation, Bode, state space, and special topics. The third edition includes extensive updates to the first ten chapters and new chapters covering propeller theory and rotocraft analysis. Chapter 13 provides interesting design insights on the A-10 Close Air Support aircraft"--