Shawn Coyle's new book
CYCLIC and COLLECTIVE - More Art and Science of Helicopter Flying will be available shortly -within your deadline.
The author is Chief of the Rotary Wing Branch, and Rotary Wing Test Pilot Instructor, at the National Test Pilots School in California - and a contributor to this forum!
His first book
‘The Art and Science of Flying Helicopters’ quickly became established as the helicopter pilots 'bible' and, having read an advance copy of his second book, I have no doubt this will too.
It's not a book you can put down easily once started, but you're not going to get through it in one session either - we're not talking flimsy handbook here.
It's a substantial tome which covers everything from fundamentals, through flying at private level to advanced topics for professional pilots who operate helicopters rather than just fly them.
This isn't the sort of book you only read once, and then put on a bookshelf to gather dust - it's a reference work you'd keep going back to time and time when the need arises.
To give an idea of what the new book contains, the chapter headings are:
Some Fundamentals
Introduction to Helicopter Aerodynamics
The Rotor Blade
More Basics of the Helicopter
Air, Wind and Weather
Basic Helicopter Performance
Balance and Weight
The Aerodyamics of Autorotation
Instruments and Warning Systems
The Piston Engine
Dear Student
Before You Strap In
Helicopter Flying - The Basics
The Divine Art of Hovering
'Twixt Heaven and Earth'
Lift-off and Touchdown
Introducing Emergencies
Engine Failures for Beginners
Peculiarities of the Helicopter
Flight Manuals, Rules and Regulations
Miscellaneous
For the Professional Helicopter Pilot / Instructor
Advanced Helicopter Aerodynamics
Flight Controls and Rotor Heads
Advanced Performance
Other Components
Advanced Helicopter Flying
More Instruments
The Turbine Engine
Advanced Engine Failures
Advanced Emergencies
Multi-Engine Helicopters
Stability and Control of the Helicopter
Further Peculiarities of the Helicopter
Other Helicopter Types
Night and Instrument Flying
Automatic Flight Control Systems
Miscellaneous Musings
There are some people who have that wonderful gift of being able to explain things in such a way everyone can understand. We're lucky to have a number of such people on Rotorheads. Nick Lappos is one, Shawn Coyle is another. And Shawn Coyle has written this book!
In my opinion, no 'helicopter library' would be complete without this book.
Recommended.
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