U S Army Design of Aerodynamically Stabilized Free Rockets (Department of Defense Military Design Handbook)

Our biggest, thickest rocket science book--716 pages, in two heavy volumes--a real gem! This is how the U.S. Army designs its rockets--it's a comprehensive and complete textbook by some of the world's best rocket scientists, written especially to teach other rocket scientists, engineers, technicians, and designers. It's the "Engineering Design Handbook for Aero-Stabilized Rockets." Covers almost every aspect of solid-propellant tactical rocket design engineering, complete with the math and detailed explanations for how to use it. A "bible" of state-of-the-art information and hard-to-find data for rocket scientists, engineers, technicians, and designers, covering both military and research rocket systems. Exceptionally useful for the "amateur" rocket experimenter who wants to get the very best flights possible from their scale model rockets and missiles. If your model rockets are large, advanced, or have high-power propulsion, you'll learn a lot from this huge document. Much information about solid propellants. The many exceptional engineering drawings are very helpful for model rocket design and construction details, and will inspire many new ideas for your rockets. Includes 445 high-resolution illustrations, and 40 technical tables, plus calculation procedures for virtually every imaginable fin and nose cone, and an exhaustive chapter about solid rocket propellants. Covers the conceptual and preliminary design phases, with references to the technical approaches and computer programs required for system development phase. Includes operational and interface requirements. A relatively simple, reliable, small, low-cost means for delivering payloads, and when great accuracy isn't required, are often the optimum systems. Engineering design information and data for such rockets for military or research missions. If you build or fly experimental, high-power, or model rockets, this huge text will show you professional ways to get maximum performance and peak altitudes!