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In case youre wondering, sportplane construction techniques is much more specific and contains a lot more fabrication information. Your pilots license, eighth edition jerry eichenberger. Easy to read and a good balance of detail, illustrations. Moldless composite sandwich 4th edition by burt rutan shows a stepbystep construction manual for the beginner in working on composite aircraft designs. Aircraft design, wing sections theory, aerodynamic theories of wings and bodies, aircraft construction of kitplanes and airplane kits, aerocrafters, composite construction, aeroelasticity, mechanics of aircraft structures, modern combat aircraft design, military aircraft.
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