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Commodore
08-03-2011, 02:08 AM
I would like to post URL's of interesting books about aviation. This books might be homebuilders' food for thought.

Joseph Chambers. Modeling flight.

http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/483000main_ModelingFlight.pdf

Pat_Panzera
08-04-2011, 06:47 PM
I publish a couple of books on Alternative Engines:
http://www.contactmagazine.com/altengines.html

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Commodore
08-05-2011, 03:16 AM
I have all of your books. Thank you. I am waiting for Volume IV.

Pat_Panzera
08-05-2011, 11:04 AM
We're working on it. :)

Commodore
08-08-2011, 02:58 AM
Huge collection of books: http://openlibrary.org/
You may borrow books to your browser for free after registration.

For example, borrow "Aircraft Sheet Metal Work" book:

http://openlibrary.org/works/OL15396760W/Aircraft_Sheet_Metal_Work._Bench_and_repair_work

or "Aircraft Maintenance" book:

http://openlibrary.org/works/OL15123226W/Aircraft_maintenance

Eric Marsh
08-08-2011, 05:32 PM
I first heard about Tim O'Conner's book "You Can Afford to Be a Pilot" when he mentioned it on the old forums. I bought a copy and just finished reading it. It's well worth the price for a newb like myself.

I also just finished "The Untouchables" about the SR-71. Neat book as well.

Adam Smith
08-08-2011, 07:16 PM
EAA has one free eBook published here: http://www.eaa.org/ebooks/

It's worth a read if only for the appendix where Mal (an accountant who kept meticulous financial records of 50 years of flying) details what each of his airplanes cost him to own and operate. Proves the old adage that "there's only one o between money and Mooney".

spungey
08-10-2011, 07:03 PM
Probably more than you wanted:
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/aeronautics-and-astronautics/

MIT has a lot of coursework and course materials free online. :-) This link is for the aero engineering stuff. (I just started into it.) The link below shows everything they have:
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/

Commodore
08-11-2011, 04:45 AM
MIT courses are excellent.

Another bunch of courses funded by Government of India are here: http://www.youtube.com/user/nptelhrd?ob=5#g/p

Don't forget to click "Load more". :)

Partially off-topic, but very useful. I am watching embedded systems lectures now: http://www.youtube.com/user/nptelhrd?blend=1&ob=5#g/c/5677C301A37CEF76

You may find many lectures of aeronautics in YouTube for free. Wow! Fantastic!

Eric Witherspoon
08-15-2011, 11:03 PM
Ok, so this is from a while back, before computer graphics, a spreadsheet on every desktop, and CFD for the masses, but a good read for homebuilders considering "improving" their airplane:
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/bvpages/speed_econo.php

Commodore
08-19-2011, 10:21 AM
Information for inspectors of airplane wood (http://openlibrary.org/works/OL7899999W/Information_for_inspectors_of_airplane_wood).

Published in 1919.

Dana
08-19-2011, 03:34 PM
If you're interested in aviation history, there is a bunch of good stuff at Project Gutenberg (http://gutenberg.org). As Gutenberg only has public domain stuff, much of it archaic and obsolete (even plain wrong, like one book that asserted that aircraft weight decreases as speed increases!), but interesting nontheless.

Commodore
10-19-2011, 03:36 PM
Beginner's guide to aeronautics (by NASA) (http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/index.html)

Fundamentals of Aerodynamics (by U.S. Navy (https://www.netc.navy.mil/nascweb/api/NAVAVSCOLSCOM-SG-111.pdf))

Commodore
10-24-2011, 04:50 AM
More NAVAVSCOLSCOM pubs:

https://www.netc.navy.mil/nascweb/api/api.htm