The Rudder

Author : Thomas M. Hatfield
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1603442626
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rudder written by Thomas M. Hatfield and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-21 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rudder From Leader to Legend Thomas A. Hatfield In this first comprehensive biography of James Earl Rudder, Hatfield covers Rudder's storied military exploits -- from years spent stateside training the all-volunteer 2nd Ranger Battalion to the unit's trek over the cliffs of Pointe du Hoc during the D-Day invasion. 540 pp. 68 b&w photos. 8 maps. Bib. Index. $30.00 cloth

Author : Dan Miller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780965907231
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rudder of the Day written by Dan Miller and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lawrence V. Mott
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780890967232
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Development of the Rudder written by Lawrence V. Mott and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Far exceeding anything ever before written on the subject, The Development of the Rudder endeavors to unravel the mysteries of the evolution of a vital piece of seafaring equipment. And in the process, Lawrence V. Mott answers far-reaching questions on why some technologies develop and endure, while others are soon replaced. In this first considered historical overview of the rudder, Mott begins his examination in the Roman period, and from there traces rudder development through the middle centuries to the age of exploratory navigation, by which time the quarter-rudder had been replaced by the pintle-and-gudgeon rudder. Throughout, he offers a thorough analysis of the mechanics of these rudder systems, while never losing sight of the human interest that attends the radical changes brought on by innovation. The layperson will find in this unique work a penetrating look into the history of technology at sea - a history that defies the linear cosntructs often associated with developmental and evolutionary theory. Maritime historians, nautical archaeologists, and ship modelers will embrace this book as an invaluable reference, which includes useful appendixes filled with technical data for researchers and scholars.

Author : Thomas Fleming Day
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 820 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rudder written by Thomas Fleming Day and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Tom Davin
Publisher : Sheridan House, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781574091601
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rudder Treasury written by Tom Davin and published by Sheridan House, Inc.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tom Davin, Editor, is a writer and sailing enthusiast.

Author : Marion O. McKinney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Experimental Verification of the Rudder-free Stability Theory for an Airplane Model Equipped with Rudders Having Negative Floating Tendency and Negligible Friction written by Marion O. McKinney and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When this assumption is made that the rolling motions alone or the lateral and rolling motions may be neglected in the calculations of rudder-free stability, it is possible to predict satisfactorily the characteristics of the long-period (Dutch roll type) rudder-free oscillation for airplanes only when the effective-dihedral angle is small. With these simplifying assumptions, however, satisfactory prediction of the short-period oscillation may be obtained for any dihedral. Further simplification of the theory based on the assumption that the rudder moment of inertia might be disregarded was found to be invalid because this assumption made it impossible to calculate the characteristics of the short-period oscillations.

Author : Wolfgang Langewiesche
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stick and Rudder written by Wolfgang Langewiesche and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1994 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic first analysis of the art of flying is back, now in a special 50th anniversary limited edition with a foreword by Cliff Robertson. leatherette binding, and gold foil stamp. Langewiesche shows precisely what the pilot does when he or she flies, just how it's done, and why.

Author : Harold I. Johnson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flight Measurements of the Rudder Control and Sideslip Characteristics of Four Vertical Tail Arrangements on the P-40 Series Airplanes written by Harold I. Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction: Directional control difficulties had been experienced in P-40 series airplanes in dive demonstrations and inadvertent entry into spins in service operations. At the request of the Army Air Forces, Materiel Command, quantitative measurements of rudder trim force change with speed and power, rudder force reversals in sideslips, and rudder positions in sideslips and straight flight of a P-40E airplane were made. Quantitative measurements of these items were also made on three other vertical tail arrangements supplied by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. The results of these measurements are presented in this report.

Author : Christian Rudder
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0385347383
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dataclysm written by Christian Rudder and published by Crown. This book was released on 2014-09-09 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Bestseller An audacious, irreverent investigation of human behavior—and a first look at a revolution in the making Our personal data has been used to spy on us, hire and fire us, and sell us stuff we don’t need. In Dataclysm, Christian Rudder uses it to show us who we truly are. For centuries, we’ve relied on polling or small-scale lab experiments to study human behavior. Today, a new approach is possible. As we live more of our lives online, researchers can finally observe us directly, in vast numbers, and without filters. Data scientists have become the new demographers. In this daring and original book, Rudder explains how Facebook "likes" can predict, with surprising accuracy, a person’s sexual orientation and even intelligence; how attractive women receive exponentially more interview requests; and why you must have haters to be hot. He charts the rise and fall of America’s most reviled word through Google Search and examines the new dynamics of collaborative rage on Twitter. He shows how people express themselves, both privately and publicly. What is the least Asian thing you can say? Do people bathe more in Vermont or New Jersey? What do black women think about Simon & Garfunkel? (Hint: they don’t think about Simon & Garfunkel.) Rudder also traces human migration over time, showing how groups of people move from certain small towns to the same big cities across the globe. And he grapples with the challenge of maintaining privacy in a world where these explorations are possible. Visually arresting and full of wit and insight, Dataclysm is a new way of seeing ourselves—a brilliant alchemy, in which math is made human and numbers become the narrative of our time.

Author : Hank Williamson, editor
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1105131343
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book AIR CRASH INVESTIGATIONS: JAMMED RUDDER KILLS 132, The Crash of USAir Flight 427 written by Hank Williamson, editor and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-10 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Boeing 737 has a history of rudder system-related anomalies, including numerous instances of jamming. A number of accidents and incidents were the result of the airplanes' unexpected movement of their rudders. During the course of the four and a half year investigation of the crash of USAir Flight 427 near Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, killing 132 people, the NTSB discovered that the PCU's dual servo valve could jam as well as deflect the rudder in the opposite direction of the pilots' input, due to thermal shock, caused when cold PCUs are injected with hot hydraulic fluid. This finally solved the mystery of sudden jamming of the rudders of this aircraft.