Only the Wing
Reimar Horten's Epic Quest to Stabilize and Control the All-Wing Aircraft - with a New Introduction
$54.38
- Paperback
310 pages
- Release Date
19 November 2020
Summary
Reissued in paperback with a revised and expanded Introduction.
In the late 1920s, Reimar Horten began experimenting with flying models equipped with fuselages, stabilizers, rudders, and elevators, but his life’s work involved systematically removing these components from models until he could achieve flight with only the wing. Not only were pure wings more difficult to design with the stability and controls needed to fly, they were harder to place in practical roles not already fille…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781944466381 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 194446638X |
| Author: | Russell E. Lee |
| Publisher: | Smithsonian Books |
| Imprint: | Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 310 |
| Release Date: | 19 November 2020 |
| Weight: | 592g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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About The Author
Russell E. Lee
Russell E. Lee is a curator in the Aeronautics Division at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C. He specializes in soaring flight and sailplane technology as well as other types of sport aircraft. Lee graduated in 1992 from George Mason University with a master’s degree in American history, and he has flown a variety of single-engine and motorless aircraft since earning a private pilot’s license in 1979.
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