Choosing Your Homebuilt : The One You'll Finish and Fly Review

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(More customer reviews)This book is good for the person just getting interested in homebuilding who has done no research at all. I'm researching my first homebuilt and I felt more knowledgeable than the author in some cases and about one particular model altogether. It does not appear he has done his homework, and his information is outdated. I have also read Ron Wanttaja'a Kitplace Construction and can strongly recommend that.

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Why are homebuilt plans and kits vastly outsellingproduction aircraft?Higher performance is one reason. (What production airplane willcruise at more than 230 mph on 200 hp?) Sounds great -- but there arepitfalls to be avoided. The fact is, up to 90 percent of homebuiltprojects are not completed by the original builder¾and many are neverfinished at all!Choosing Your Homebuilt was written by aviation writer and homebuilderKenneth Armstrong to help you decide whether homebuilding is truly foryou and to help you choose, from the many available kits and plans, aplane you will enjoy building and flying. This valuable book coversthe subjects you need to know in order to make the right decision: Canyou build it? Can you fly it? Can you afford it? Should you build froma plans, kit, or materials package? Other chapters are filled withvaluable information on engines, autogas, avionics, regulations, andinsurance. In addition, there are reports on more than 50 aircraft,including performance and specification charts -- and much more!Before you invest thousands of dollars and months or years of yourtime, get this book. Tom Poberezny, President of the ExperimentalAircraft Association states that Choosing Your Homebuilt "Providesinformation that will be invaluable in making ‘the right choice'for you." If you're considering building a plane – or ifyou're just interested in the experimental aircraft phenomenon thatdraws nearly a million people to Oshkosh, Wisconsin every year andrepresents the true state-of-the-art of airplane design andconstruction – this book will be a great read for you. Its 360pages are filled with easy-to-understand descriptions, plus manyphotos and charts. Choosing Your Homebuilt will tell you what you needto know about homebuilding and can save you from making costlymistakes. If you're interested in homebuilt aircraft, you need thisbook!

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Human Factors in Aviation (Cognition and Perception) Review

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(More customer reviews)If you are in senior airline management and are wondering why things happen the way they happen and you really can't figure out why, this book might provide some help. It's the first step towards understanding the human impact in airline operations, be that pilots, cabin crew or ground crews. Far from being an expert in the field I think this work provides great background material, probably to be better understood when you hold a degree in psychology, but also readable for the un-initiated like myself. CRM specialists/trainers, Human Resource Managers etc. should have this book on their shelv(es).

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Human Factors in Aviation, written for the widespread aviation community--engineers, scientist, pilots, managers, government personnel, and others--is also be of interest to those in nonaviation fields. The authors/contributors were chosen not only as experts in their fields, but because they could write for a wider audience than they customarily address. The organization of the book takes the reader from the general to the specific, first covering broad issues, then the more specific topics of pilot performance, human factors in aircraft design, and vehicles and systems. The physiological and medical aspects are well documented also.

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Aircraft Systems: Mechanical, Electrical and Avionics Subsystems Integration (Aerospace Series (PEP)) Review

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(More customer reviews)I am not sure how they've done it but there is just so much in this book to help you get to grips with aircraft systems. There are helpful diagrams and photos on every page and some pretty complex technology is explained really well. Each chapter has a good introduction and takes you through the topics until you hardly know how you've learnt so much.
If you're in the aero industry or training to be in it, this book is worth buying. You'll be looking at it everyday. At the back there is some handy contact information too.

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This third edition of Aircraft Systems represents a timely update of the Aerospace Series' successful and widely acclaimed flagship title. Moir and Seabridge present an in-depth study of the general systems of an aircraft – electronics, hydraulics, pneumatics, emergency systems and flight control to name but a few - that transform an aircraft shell into a living, functioning and communicating flying machine. Advances in systems technology continue to alloy systems and avionics, with aircraft support and flight systems increasingly controlled and monitored by electronics; the authors handle the complexities of these overlaps and interactions in a straightforward and accessible manner that also enhances synergy with the book's two sister volumes, Civil Avionics Systems and Military Avionics Systems.
Aircraft Systems, 3rd Edition is thoroughly revised and expanded from the last edition in 2001, reflecting the significant technological and procedural changes that have occurred in the interim – new aircraft types, increased electronic implementation, developing markets, increased environmental pressures and the emergence of UAVs. Every chapter is updated, and the latest technologies depicted. It offers an essential reference tool for aerospace industry researchers and practitioners such as aircraft designers, fuel specialists, engine specialists, and ground crew maintenance providers, as well as a textbook for senior undergraduate and postgraduate students in systems engineering, aerospace and engineering avionics.

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