Understanding Gliding: The Principles of Soaring Flight

by Piggott, Derek

• ISBN13: 9780713661477
• ISBN10: 071366147X
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-08-01
• Publisher: A & C Black

Summary

In the fourth edition of this classic work on the subject, Derek passes on yet more of his comprehensive knowledge of the sport. He presents the basic principles of gliding in a style any pilot can easily understand. For those who would like to impove their glliding performance as pilots, this book comes highly recommended.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	6	(3)
Introduction	9	(2)
The evolution of the modern sailplane	11	(11)
How and why a glider flies	22	(46)
The effect of the wind	68	(34)
Design for performance	102	(18)
Airbrakes and other drag producing devices	120	(9)
Launching methods	129	(12)
Fore and aft stability and control	141	(28)
Lateral stability and control	169	(11)
Directional and spiral stability and control	180	(9)
Flight limitations	189	(14)
Glider structures	203	(8)
Converting from gliders to powered aircraft	211	(30)
Appendices
A Suggested syllabus for training a Silver `C' glider pilot to Private Pilots' Licence standard	229	(2)
B Vectors and force diagrams simply explained	231	(8)
C Conversion tables	239	(2)
Index	241