Dynamics of Atmospheric Flight (Dover Books on Aeronautical Engineering)

I bought this book expecting it to focus on suborbital flight, hypersonics, and reentry dynamics. I did not realize that the author intended the word "atmospheric" to mean subsonic flight at low altitudes. Glancing at the book, it seems good for what it is, but only rehashes the (widely known and widely reproduced) theory of aircraft dynamics in subsonic flows and classical autopilot architecture. There are much better books for this standard material, my personal favorite being Blakelock's "Automatic Control of Aircraft and Missiles".

One of the Aerospace Engineering classic texts.Written by Bernard Etkin who is well known in the field of stability and control.This book starts from the fundamentals of mathematics and control systems theory and vectors etc...I love the way of putting the equations of motion in many forms with this input/output form, which is only found within Etkin books (it is like a trade mark).Covering of modeling of forces and moments is the best and puts it in a simple way although this isn't an ways subject at all, Same thing for static stability.The thing that could be done much better is the topics of dynamic stability and solution of equations of motion.. I think it could be much better to expand it, this book is really poor in explaining the physics of dynamic motion. I couldn't find a detailed explanation of lateral modes...Also it lacks examples and could use a better index.Even after saying all that I can say for studying Flight Dynamics this is the first text you should read or obtain, the price is very low when considering similar texts, so according to price this is the best and I recommend it if you don't want to buy books that cost 100$.

This book covers a lot of fundemental theory of flight dynamics. Great resource for professional or graduate students. Derivations are very informative! Would recommend for anyone interested in flight mechanics!

Very inexpensive and technically sound. This book is definitely dated though and some concepts receive more modern treatment in other texts.

The new edition by Etkin/Reid is probably suitable for undergraduate study and introductory flight mechanics but the 72 Etkin, edition is probably the most useful on the long run for graduate students and practising engineers as it is quite comprehensive. It is unfortunate that this edition is out of print and is quite difficult to procure. This book is even more useful with Steven & Lewis's, Aircraft Control and Simulation.

yes it is like the bible, because it gives every information in such a way that you find your own way to learn.... it would be better and easy to read if the pages were bigger. that's it....

Un libro immancabile per un ingegnere aerospaziale come me. Ho studiato perfettamente ai tempi in cui preparai la materia Dinamica del volo. Ora sono laureato da un po' e ricordo ancora bene le pagine del libro. Consigliato a tutti gli aerospaziali.

Livro essencial para estudantes de engenharia aeroespacial. Aborda inúmeros tópicos relacionados à dinâmica de voo

Il libro è impeccabile, uno dei miei migliori acquisti. Chiaro ed indispensabile per chiunque voglia studiare la dinamica del volo.Corriere veloce e affidabile, arrivato in meno di una settimana.

Questo libro rappresenta il manuale di riferimento per chiunque si occupi di meccanica o dinamica del volo. Sia a livello scolastico che professionale. Spedizione celere e imballaggio perfetto, come da tradizione Amazon.

Ineccepibile sia in qualità materiale che nel testo. Specie a questo prezzo non c'è di meglio. Non esattamente un'introduzione però.