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| MODERN AIRCRAFT DESIGN, Volume 2 4th Edition, by Martin Hollmann. Continuation of Volume 1. New Stability Program and information on aircraft configuration selection, fuselage loads, fuselage structural sizing, drive shaft sizing, the use of finite element program for the PC, and the fabrication of prepreg composite aircraft parts. New computer programs. SALE PRICE |
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 COMPOSITE
AIRCRAFT DESIGN. REVISED 2003.
By Dr. Hal Loken and Martin Hollmann. For aircraft designers who want
to design aircraft out of composite materials. Material properties, design and strength theory, material testing. The only book that covers all design aspect
for using advanced composites such as graphite, carbon, Kevlar and fiberglass sandwich structures. Describes resins, fabrics, cores, prepregs, wet layup,
finishing materials, tools, fabrication and analytic techniques in designing aircraft. Over 100,000 copies sold worldwide. SALE PRICE |
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| DESIGNING WITH CORE by Hal Loken and Martin
Hollmann. Updated 2003 Written for the aerospace engineer and the novice who want to know how to design core structures. Finite element analysis and hand calculations are included. Materials and properties for Honeycomb and foam cores and many practical examples are also given. Detailed, step-by-step explanation of how core structures are fabricated is included. A must for the aerospace engineer. SALE PRICE $32.00 |
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DESIGN OF WOOD AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES, June 1944.
Everything you will ever need to know to design wood airplane structures. Ch.1- General Ch. 2- STRENGTH OF WOOD AND PLYWOOD Strength and Elastic Properties of Wood and Plywood, Joints, Columns, Beams, Torsion. Ch. 3- METHODS OF STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS Wings, Tails, Control Surfaces, Fuselage, Hulls and Floats. Ch. 4- DETAIL STRUCTURAL DESIGN Plywood covering, Beams, Ribs, Frames, Glue joints, Mechanical joints, Examples of actual designs. 247 pages and 240 pictures. SALE PRICE ONLY $42.50 |
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| MODERN SUBSONIC AERODYNAMICS by R.T. Jones. Explains early theories of lift, aircraft design, and math modeling of fluid motion. Purpose of special airfoils and laminar airfoils are discussed. Wing design, wing sweep, use of winglets, longitudinal stability, and neutral point. Includes a listing of the Oshkosh Airfoil Program for the IBM-PC. R.T. Jones is one of the world's leading aerodynamicists with over 50 years of experience in designing aircraft working at NASA as chief research scientist, and teaching at Stanford University. The book is written for the novice as well as the experienced aerodynamicist. If you have any interest in aeronautics, this book is hard to put down once you start to read. 114 page and over 52 figures. SALE PRICE $28.50 |
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| MODERN AIRCRAFT DRAFTING by Eric and Martin Hollmann. New book on how to make aircraft drawings on a PC using Windows 95/98/2000. SALE PRICE $39.00. This new book by Aircraft Designs, Inc. discusses standard aircraft drafting practices. The book shows how to use computer programs for making outside mold lines for wings, flaps, and fuselage. The theory behind defining fuselage shapes using conics is given. Source for purchasing low cost computers and plotter is given. The program source codes in BASIC for drafting mold lines are listed. The definition of how to use these programs is also presented. Although a listing of each source code is given, a disk for the Windows 95/98/2000/XP can be purchased separately for $99.00. |
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| HOW TO BUILD COMPOSITE AIRCRAFT by Martin Hollmann. New book on how to use composite materials in building the new generation of kit aircraft and how to build your own composite design using low cost tooling. This is the first book which tells you the secrets of how to build composite aircraft such as the Lancair IV, the Stallion, the Glasair, the Nova and others. This book is about 10 years over due but it is better late than never. How to Build Composite Aircraft gives you building tips that have never been printed. You will learn how to assemble kit aircraft made out of graphite/epoxy such as the Lancair IV and Stallion and how to build plugs and molds for these type of aircraft and where to buy the materials at low cost. Once the molds are built, you will learn how to vacuum bag parts using prepreg materials. The author is building the Stallion and the assembly of this aircraft is used as an example. Many photos are used to explain how to do it. You will also learn how to build your own aircraft design out of composite materials using a low cost method for shaping fuselage and wing parts out of Last-A-Foam and the wet layup method to build sandwich structures. The Nova is used as an example for this fabrication method. A complete list of suppliers for all materials is provided. Learn how to interpret blue prints for composite parts. Resin shear test results are included to let you know which resins are best for your specific needs. Many safety tips and how to protect yourself against allergic reactions to resins and hardeners. Many pictures and drawings are provided with the Lancair IV, Stallion, and Nova as examples. This book is a must for anyone who wants to build or is building a composite aircraft. SALE PRICE $34.00 |
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MODERN HELICOPTER DESIGN by Dr. Eric Hollmann and M. Hollmann These engineering tools are a must for any rotorcraft designer. SALE PRICE $125.00 includes 3-1/2 in floppy computer disk for Windows 95/98/2000/XP.
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Martin: You have a "Fan or Spoke" Diagram in your book on page 12. How is it generated? Obviously, it would be interesting to see one of these on the Waitman blades as well as the Rotorway blades and to understand exactly what it is telling me. The more I look at your book, the more I appreciate the work that went into making this and the wealth of information that is in here. As I remember taking that first class from you, it is like going to a fire hydrant to get a drink. There is too much information to absorb in a single or even several sittings. You definitely get your moneys worth with this book...Hope to see you at Copperstate. Stuart Fields |
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 BOOGIE WITH A TURBOPROP,
Revised and back in print!
by Martin
Hollmann.How-to installing a gas turbine into a composite aircraft such as the Stallion, Lancair IV, Glasair. Now you can buy a Walter or PT6A for as little as $120,000. This book tells how to predict aircraft performance and stability, and how to install a Walter M 601 E, a PT6A-27, or an Allison 250-B17F turboprop engine into your aircraft. Make the decision; is a gas turbine engine what I want? Look at speed, range and costs. The book tells how the author helped design the PT6A engine installation in a Lancair IV in 1994. This aircraft was first flown by Dave Morss and Ty Ross in March 1999. With 680 shp and the low drag of a composite, retractable gear, this airplane is a rocket! The listing of two computer programs in Basic for Windows 95/98/2000/XP are included. One program is a stability program necessary to size the tail feathers. This is very necessary because the large gas turbine engine stretches the nose of most aircraft forward. The last chapter titled "The Beginning" tells you about the first successful gas turbine engines. Meet Herbert Wagner who is considered the "Father of the Axial Gas Turbine and Turboprop Engine." A must read for anyone interested in the future of general aviation and high speed aircraft. So let's Boogie. SALE PRICE $39.00 |
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| ADVANCED AIRCRAFT DESIGN
by Martin Hollmann. Book on how to design tomorrows aircraft using Windows 95/98/2000/XP. This book is a continuation of Modern Aircraft Design, Volume 1 and 2. A more comprehensive center of gravity program that determines the cg in three axis and calculated moments of inertia. A text file is saved from the cg program and is read into the fuselage load program to determine the fuselage loads such as shears and bending moments. Then the fuselage geometry is read in and the stress from shear and bending are determined along the length of the fuselage for different load conditions. No finite element analysis is needed. A V-n diagram program is also presented. The source listing for these programs is given in BASIC for the PC. Secrets for designing composite structures for pressurization are given and the Lancair IV is used as the example. Finally, methods for providing lightning strike protection are given. Material sources, prices and test facilities are listed. This information is not available anywhere else. Advanced Aircraft Design is intended for all engineers who are interested in design aircraft. Book: SALE PRICE $24.00 Computer disks: for Advanced Aircraft Design for Windows 95/98/2000/XP. SALE PRICE $38.00 |
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| MODERN PROPELLER AND DUCT DESIGN by Martin Hollmann. New book on how to design and build propellers and ducts using a PC. This book tells you the theory of propeller aerodynamics and how to size a propeller. The program allows you to optimize a propeller for a given horsepower and airspeed. Such variables as number of blades, blade pitch, blade airfoil, blade thickness and planform shape and air density are variables. Thrust coefficient, power coefficient, prop efficiency versus advance ratio and airspeed and power and thrust versus airspeed are plotted on the screen. Airfoil section data for such airfoils as the Clark Y are presented and a prop airfoil section plot program called Prop Plot is given. This program allows you plot the full size airfoil section for any chord and thickness. It also calculates blade cross section area and section moment of inertia for the stress analysis. A Prop Thickness program allows you to calculate prop thickness for every blade station. A Prop Loads program is presented which allows you to determine the blade bending moments and centrifugal force at 10 blade stations. This program uses a finite difference method which accounts for blade stiffness, airload and centrifugal force. Finally, to complete the blade design process, properties of materials for woods and metals and composites are given and a stress check is made at every blade station. The criteria of FAR Part 35 is used. Also, how to determine natural prop frequencies for different prop speeds. The last section of the book deals with duct theory and tells you how and when to use a duct. Simple calculations for the performance of a ducted propeller are given. This book is a necessity for anyone who not only wants to design a propeller but who wants to determine the best performance he can get from a prop airplane with an optimized propeller design. Book: SALE PRICE $59.00 Computer disks: for Modern Propeller and Duct Design for a Windows 95/98/2000. SALE PRICE $99.00 |
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| AIRCRAFT DESIGN by Ed Heinemann. Ed Heinemann, or "Mr. Attack Aviation" as he is popularly known, is one of the world's most highly regarded aircraft designers. He designed over 22 successful aircraft including the AD "Skyraider" and the A4D "Skyhawk" and is the recipient of over 18 distinguished aviation awards. His book "Aircraft Design" covers basic aerodynamics as well as advanced topics such as flight controls, stability and landing gear systems for carrier based aircraft. Other topics include: conceptual design, airplane structure, propulsion systems, equipment furnishings, maintainability, system safety and design of an attack trainer. Written for the novice as well as the professional design engineer. 130 pages and over 85 illustrations. SALE PRICE $28.00 |
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Windows and Prop Whirl Mode added! MODERN AERODYNAMIC FLUTTER ANALYSIS by Martin Hollmann. Aircraft flutter is still one of those problems that takes the lives of a number of aviators every year. Today, with the power of personal computers, PCs, and the use of a powerful and accurate computer program as outlined in the MODERN AERODYNAMIC FLUTTER ANALYSIS, flutter can be accurately predicted on an aircraft before it is flown. This book is the only book which covers the history of flutter analysis up to the present time. The flutter phenomena is explained in layman terms and the process of predicting flutter using a program called Subsonic Flutter Analysis, SAF, is explained. MODERN AERODYNAMIC FLUTTER ANALYSIS describes the analysis sequence starting with determining mode shapes and eigen values from a finite element analysis, ground vibration survey test, flutter analysis using a doublet-lattice method and, finally, a sensitivity study. Several examples are presented including the wing of the Lancair IV, the Wheeler Express, a sailplane wing, a jet fighter and the Stallion. Although the theory of the doublet-lattice procedure, modal interpolation, generalized aerodynamic force interpolation and vibration analysis is reviewed, the actual application of solving flutter problems is emphasized. Finally, the Federal Aviation Administration's compliance to flutter prevention is presented. This book and software program is an absolute must for anyone designing a high performance aircraft or for students interested in modern methods of solving flutter problems. Book: SALE PRICE $39.90. Software program disk and key: The compiled Subsonic Flutter Analysis program for Windows 95/98/2000. This is one of the best programs for flutter analysis. It is used through out the aerospace industry. SALE PRICE $998.00 |
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My Life by Martin Hollmann The life story of the author. How he and his family escape the Russians and come to the USA is told. In the USA, he builds models airplanes, cars, surfs and then goes on to design and build the world's first, two place, experimental gyroplane, the Sportster, for training and world's first ultralight gyroplane, the Bumble Bee, and how he designed some of the very well known experimental aircraft that are flying today. A story of a well known, present day, aircraft designer. 114 pgs and 90 pictures. SALE PRICE $6.00 |
| AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING MANUAL The Aircraft Engineering Manual (AEM) is a comprehensive manual compiled from data acquired from the engineering offices and design handbooks of such companies as Convair, Lockheed, Martin Marietta, Westinghouse, FMC and other aerospace standards handbooks. Information presented is normally used on a daily basis by design engineers and shop foremen. Such items as a comprehensive list of AN, MS and other standard part specifications, charts and tables for aluminum and steel, bend radii, cylindrical fits and hole sizes, standard tube sizes and tube buckling equations and much more. All data is bound in a 2.5 inch, handy three ring binder so you can add to or delete from over the existing 320 pages to personalize your book. Following is a summary of information included in AEM:
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| AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE, STABILITY AND CONTROL 2nd Edition, by Frederick Smetana. NASA Fortran source codes for performance, stability and control programs for aircraft weighing up to 10,000 pounds. The book tells you how to use programs and change parameters for your specific aircraft design. This 334 page book tells you how to use programs and change parameters for your specific design. Performance program output includes: • Maximum level flight speed. • Maximum climb angle. • Velocity for maximum endurance. • Service ceiling. • Maximum rate of climb schedule. • Power available and power required Stability program calculations include: • Lateral stability derivatives. • Dimensional stability derivatives. • Longitudinal response for phugoid and short period mode. Trajectory program calculates: • Aircraft ground track followed for response to arbitrary control surface inputs. Reader should have knowledge of how an aircraft flies since this book is not intended for the novice. Book comes with computer discs containing compiled programs and source codes which run on Windows 95/98/2000/XP. SALE PRICE $159.00 |
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| TEST FLYING by Martin Hollmann. This book is written for both the test and sport pilot with an emphasis on why aircraft behave like they do. Tells how to predict performance by simple analysis and by flight testing. How to preflight inspect an aircraft and pilot qualifications. How to test for stability and control. A detailed description of flutter modes and flutter analysis and flight testing and finally, spin testing are covered. Actual flight test stories, some of which have never been told, are included to make a point on what and what not to do. Excellent reading for any pilot. The Lancair IV and flights of other aircraft are used as examples. Flight test forms and a list of references are included. 84 pages and 26 illustrations. SALE PRICE $24.00 |
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 MODERN GYROPLANE DESIGN 3rd Edition, by Martin
Hollmann and Dr. Eric M. Hollmann.New book discussing gyroplane design and performance calculations. Configuration design and structural analysis of metal and composite rotor blades in flight. Listing for many computer programs for determining gyro performance, rotor blade deflection and bending moments and jump start are included. These programs are written in BASIC for the IBM PC and Windows 2000/XP. Tells how to design for jump-start. Includes landing gear loads, rotor loads and Gyroplane Pitch Stability Program for Windows 2000/XP. Many practical examples and references. Book with program disk: 120 pages and 50 illustrations. SALE PRICE $220.00 |
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 FLYING THE GYROPLANE by Martin Hollmann.History and secrets of flying the gyroplane. The only book that discusses "porpoising" and "negative gs". History of rotorcraft, starting with Leonardo da Vinci through Juan de la Cierva, Focke, the Rotachute, Bensen, and finally the two place Sportster and Bumble Bee designed and built by the author. Original flight reports from the test pilots of the C.30, Rotachute, and many others. Learn about the advantages and disadvantages of today's gyroplanes. List of addresses. A must for any rotorcraft enthusiast. 110 pages and 45 illustrations. SALE PRICE $39.00 |
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| GYROCOPTER PILOT'S MANUAL 2nd Edition, by Igor Bensen. A step by step story of how to fly the Gyrocopter starting with towed flight to powered flight. Inspection procedures, taxiing, climbs and turns, downwind turns, power off landings, ten commandments for safety, and licensing. Also a history of the McCulloch engine and the Bensen Gyrocopter. A most fascinating book by one of the world's leading rotorcraft experts. 113 pages and 60 illustrations and photos. SALE PRICE $75.00 |
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| GYROPLANE FLYING IS FUN with Martin Hollmann (gyroplane designer, builder and pilot), 25 min. VHS Video on how to fly the Sportster and Bumble Bee gyroplanes. Video shows basics of flying the gyroplane. The Sportster is the world's first two place, homebuilt gyroplane designed for teaching gyroplane flying. Over 65 Sportsters have been built and many hundreds of people have learned to fly in the Sportster. The Bumble Bee is the world's first ultralight gyroplane and about 12 have been built. To date, no one has ever been injured in these aircraft. Hollmann states that gyroplane flying is one of the safest and most fun types of flying. However, you must know how to fly them. It is especially important to avoid porpoising and negative gs which have given the gyroplane a bad accident record. This video explains porpoising and negative gs and how to avoid them. A must for all gyro pilots. SALE PRICE $24.00 |
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| HELICOPTERS by Martin Hollmann Tells how helicopters are designed. This book includes many diagrams on rotor heads and control systems and design specifications. This book includes a reprint of British Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee Overall Report No. 8, Rotating Wing Activities in Germany During the Period 1939-1945. A copy of the Fifth Cierva Memorial Lecture given by Prof. Focke in England in 1964 is presented. And finally the Fllettner design is detailed. Learn the design details of the Fw 61, Fa 223 (the first heavy lift helicopter to be put into production), Fa 330, Flettner 282, Doblhoff, Hafner, Baumgartl, and others including the first tilt prop aircraft. A must for all helicopter designers and pilots. SALE PRICE $29.00 |
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The FOWLER FLAP. An Engineering Handbook by Harlan D. Fowler BRAND NEW! Yet
not so new. ENGINEERING THEORY OF THE
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