Helicopter Theory (Dover Books on Aeronautical Engineering)

This is an excellent book on the physics of rotorcraft in general and helicopters specifically. This is not about piloting, it is about designing them.There are a few places where they obviously took a photo of the original print edition and used it to crop out some mathematical symbols for certain equations, and apparently missed slightly. Fortunately, there is enough information in the text to help the reader sort out what the equation should be.Also, it is a better love story than "Twilight."

I was able to study in a single book what I wanted to know, such as helicopter flight principles, efficiency, rotor noise, etc. Many other books do not explain the theory properly. This book preserves the classical style, so if you read it slowly you will understand. The only drawback is that it is difficult to carry because it has too many pages. It would help if the publisher would divide it into two or three volumes.

The ultimate source for helicopter dynamics. Hands down.Only complaint (and a small one for such a voluminous work) is that the current edition's printing doesn't seem as clear and crisp for text or equations as the previous printings. You still won't do any better than this book, however.

I give 5 stars because I believe it is a great scientific insight on the fluid dynamics and mathematical mechanics whatsoever about the helicopter flight/theory.However, I wanted something general/easier to understand insight about helicopter design, why some decisions in the design process are being favored instead of others etc without the necessity of understanding complicated equations etc.I guess I will just continue to search :)

Figured this would be a good way to learn the principles behind helicopter flight... I have never been so wrong. This is a book for aeronautical engineers. It is not for the layman/enthusiast. It's as long as The Lord of The Rings, but with calculus and differential equations.I'm sure this is a good book, just not for me

Wont invest the time to fully understand this book as it's more of an engineers manual than for a pilot (more of a pilot end of the spectrum for me) but is exceedingly insightful from the first paragraph onward. Helps greatly as an instructor for answering or backing up claims about helicopter's physics.

I bought this book because I have flown helicopters in the past and wanted to learn a bit more about them. Good book.

Not too much needs to be said. Johnson is an expert in the field and the book is ridiculously thorough. Often overly analytical in terms of reading but this is geared towards engineers for sure.Read this book and understand it: you'll be able to build a helicopter. Sweet, right?

Concise, precise but very dry in my opinion.Be ready for some heave math and physics.By no means a book anyone with standard education can read.I recommend it only if you have higher knowledge in the subject.

To comlicated for what I wanted, would be fine for some one who requires all the maths etc,which I did not

a lot of detailed and good math and phisics

Este es sin duda el mejor libro de helicópteros, sin embargo no es un libro sencillo de leer, se recomienda ser ingeniero al menos, aunque me atrevo a decir que aún y con ingeniería resulta complicado, pero definitivamente es lo más completo teoría de helicópteros.

Very interesting book on helicopter theory. Each concept is presented in a deep way. I found in this book a nice combination of theoretical materials and some practical points of view.