Why don't jumbo jets flap their wings? flying animals, flying machines, and how they are different
Title:
Why don't jumbo jets flap their wings? flying animals, flying machines, and how they are different
Author:
Alexander, David E., 1955-
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New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2009.
Physical Description:
xiv, 278 p. : ill.
Contents:
Flying animals and flying machines : birds of a feather? -- Hey buddy, need a lift? -- Power : the primary push -- To turn or not to turn -- A tail of two tails -- Flight instruments -- Dispensing with power : soaring -- Straight up : vertical take-offs and hovering -- Stoop of the falcon : predation and aerial combat -- Biology meets technology head-on : ornithopters and human-powered flight.
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