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(More customer reviews)Most gliding readers will find this heavy going. More a reference book than a great read! Nice little titbits and packed with insights. However only for those of a mathematical bent - lots of formula requiring advanced A level knowledge of calculus. I would have written it differently with the text in plain English and the maths as a supplement for those requiring more detailed understanding. I regret that my maths is far too limited to have a true understanding of how some of the concepts are derived. A pity as I suspect that I am in the majority and reasonably intelligent, if mathematically no Einstein. I suspect that most readers will be put off my the text. It fails my Noddy test - reduce advanced concepts into simple terms that any gnome can understand. It could have been done but was not!
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This book is concerned with the sport of soaring, and mainly with the mathematical basis of sailplane design and operation. It does not tell the beginner how to fly, but it will give an experienced pilot some background, with historical notes showing how ideas have evolved and could develop in the future. Some of the material is taken from OSTIV (Organisation Scientifique et Technique Internationale de Vol a Viole) publications and from "Technical Soaring", neither of which is readily available to the general public, including papers by the author and others. Extensive references are provided in each chapter.
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