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Vmu
16th Jan 2001, 03:24
Can anyone recommend a good book on airliner flight control systems(hydraulics, fly-by-wire, load alleviation etc).

Thanks

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Coffin's Corner
16th Jan 2001, 07:12
I recommend "Aircraft Flight Control Actuation System Design" by E.T. Raymond with C.C. Chenoweth...it covers the flight control systems on many aircraft as well as possibilities for the future. I found it to be a good introduction to the basics of flight control design. The books seems to place more emphasis on the mechanics of the design than on stability or effectivity, but I don't claim to be an expert in this area.

ISBN 1-56091-376-2
©1993 Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc.

MJDetroit
22nd Jan 2001, 16:19
Dynamics of Atmospheric Flight - Bernard Etkin