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VHS tape of Phil Barnes’ September 16, 1995 presentation on
the "Math Characterization and Visualization of Aircraft Geometry.”
This can be packaged with a 35 page booklet of all the charts and graphs
covered by Phil. There is also a set (2) of audio cassettes of the
talk if you don't want or need the video.
Cost:
VHS Tape $5.00 postage paid
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VHS tape of Paul MacCready’s presentation on March 21,1998, covering
his experiences with flying wings and how flying wings occur in nature.
Tape includes Aerovironment’s “Doing More With Much Less”, and the presentations
by Rudy Opitz, Dez George-Falvy and Jim Marske at the 1997 Flying Wing
Symposiums at Harris Hill, plus some other miscellaneous “stuff”.
Cost:
$6.00 postage paid
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Audio tape of Phil Barnes’ May 18, 1996 presentation on “Math Modeling
of Airfoil Geometry.” Use of mathmatical formulas to produce smoother
airfoil profiles and design new variations. This is a package of 1 90 minute
cassette and 21 pages of charts, graphs and script used during the presentation.
Cost:
$5.00 postage paid
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Paper
on Performance Analysis of the Horten IV Flying Wing, by Dezso Gyorgyfalvy,
as presented at the VIII Congress of O.S.T.I.V., Köln, Germany, June
1960, published by The Aerophysics Department, Mississippi State University.
Contains 13 page narrative discussing results of performance measurements,
analysis of drag components, profile drag, parasite drag, the drag polar,
the maximum lift coefficient, and possible performance improvements.
Cost:
$5.00 postage paid
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An Overview of Composite Design Properties, by Alex Kozloff, as presented
at the TWITT Metting 3/19/94. Includes pamphlet of charts and graphs
on composite characteristics, and audio tape of Alex's presentation explaining
the material.
Cost:
$5.00 postage paid
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Copy
of article "Software Helps Launch a World-Class Glider", by John G.
Roncz, Design News, September 12, 1994, A Cahners Publication, pp. 58-62.
How Roncz and assistant Mark Mangelsdorf went about modeling the development
of the Genesis 1 competition sailplane, discussing some of the CAD tools
and how they were used.
Cost:
$1.00 postage paid
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Audio tapes of presentations by Don Mitchell at the September 1991
SHA Western Workshop, Tehachapi, CA (1 cassette), and his March 1992 presentation
at a regular TWITT meeting (2 cassettes).
Cost:
$3.50 (1 cass.) postage paid
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Paper
"A Synopsis of Flying Wing Development, 1908- 1953", by Richard P.
Hallion, History Office, Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards AFB, CA
93523, January 9, 1986. This paper has been prepared to funish readers
with a quick overview of flying wing development from the Dunne aircraft
of pre-WWI vintage through the Northrop flying wings of the immediate post-WWII
years.
Cost: $6.50 postage paid |
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VHS of Robert Hoey’s presentation on November 20, 1999, covering his
group’s experimentation with radio controlled bird models being used to
explore the control and performance parameters of birds. Tape comes
with a complete set of the overhead slides used in the presentation.
Cost :
$10.00 postage paid in US
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Audio tape of Bruce Carmichael's presentation on Laminar Aircraft Odyssey
- 1883 to 1995. This is a historical review of the various pieces
of theory and experimental proof that have led to significantly improved
performance of aircraft. The emphasis is upon extending the amount
of laminar flow on aircraft surfaces. This is the same presentation
he gave to the 1995 EAA Convention in Oshkosh.
Cost:
$5.00 postage paid
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VHS tape of Al Bowers' (NASA Dryden Flight Research Center) Sept. 19,
1998 presentation on: The Horten H X Series: Ultra Light Flying
Wing Sailplanes
One and a half hour, high grade video of this excellent historical overview of Reimar Horten's ultra light sailplanes and a detailed analysis of the H Xc and its projected performance capabilities. Package includes a copy of the 20 slides Al used to demonstrate the results of his research and analytical work. Click here to see a sample. Priced at: $10.00 US, postage paid (Add $2.00 for foreign postage.) |
VHS tape of Al Bowers' (NASA Dryden Flight Research Center), September
16, 2000 presentation on: Blended- Wing-Body: Design Challenges
for the 21st Century.
One and a half hour, high grade video of this informative talk about NASA's involvement in the joint Boeing/NASA Blended Wing project. The video is accompanied by a complete set of 18 slides Al used so you can clearly see them or make notes as he talks about each one. Also included is footage of Ilan Kroo's Stanford team flying their BWB proof of concept model. Priced at: $10.00 US, postage paid (Add $2.00 for foreign postage.) |
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VHS tape of Stefanie Brochocki's presentation on the design history
of the BKB-1 (Brochocki,Kasper,Bodek) as related
by her father Stefan Brochocki. This is an interesting look into
a very unique glider.
The second part of this video has Henry Jex telling about his experiences with the development and flight of the radio controlled Quetzalcoatlus northropi (pterodactyl) used in the Smithsonian IMAX film "On The Wing". This was an Aerovironment project led by Dr. Paul MacCready. Priced at: $8.00 US, postage paid (Add $2.00 for foreign postage.) |
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