Helicopter Aerodynamics Made Simple

Price - £22.50

Principles of Helicopter Flight has never been more straightforward. This is an excellent book written and published by our very own Flight Instructor Course Instructor, and 22,000 hour pilot and examiner Captain Geoff Day. Perfect for any PPL(H) student, flight instructor and anyone with a desire to learn how a helicopter flies. Also an excellent study aid for the Principles of Flight PPL(H) exam. Price includes postage and packing to mainland UK if required. If ordering from abroad give us a call or send an e-mail to discuss postage.

What the Author Says about the Book...

I am not an aerodynamicist. I am a pilot. Ever since I started flying on the 13th August 1966 I’ve been trying to work out how the damn things fly – firstly with fixed wing – subsequently with helicopters. When, ten years later, I became a Flying Instructor, I had the task of explaining this to my students.

Helicopter Aerodynamics can easily get very complicated; there is, after all, a lot going on with blades that are whirling around at high speed. Over the years I have tried to get the explanations simple, basic and easy to understand. Of course, when doing this there is always a danger of making things too simple. Hopefully, I have been able to strike the right balance.

Sometimes I have taken examples to the extreme in order to illustrate a point. I have always tried to separate out various aerodynamic effects, whereas in reality they may merge due to the speed in which things happen.

If you are an aerodynamicist reading this book and you disagree with some of my explanations, then I apologise. However, if there is one pilot or potential pilot who finds that this book sheds some light on the “dark art” then I will be more tha satisfied.

I am grateful to all the students that I have taught over the years for their feedback.

Captain Geoff Day