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PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. First edition. Illustrated from black and white photographs, drawings. Stapled wrappers. Small quarto. 39pp. Fine. Poetry, photos, and essays by Richard Broadman, Ronny Gelfond, Thomas Darington, Jonathan Hay, Diana Swartz, David Ferleger, Lana Yurchyshyn, Cin Bourgeault, Lou Guida, L.E. Kramer, Penny Taws, Peter Mullin, Jeffrey Sterling, and C.F.A. …

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Powerplant Systems: Reasoning, Diagnosis, and Practical Judgment for the Certified Mechanic>Powerplant maintenance is not a parts-replacement exercise. A technician must understand how propulsion components interact, recognize what an abnormal indication actually means, choose checks that separate one possible cause from another, and know when current technical data must control the next decision. That reasoning - not memorized procedure - is what separates a mechanic who passes the oral exam from one who merely recites it, and what separates a technician trusted with judgment calls from one who only follows checklists. Across sixteen chapters, this book builds reciprocating and turbine operating principles from the ground up, then applies them to performance, instrumentation, metering, induction, exhaust, starting, lubrication, cooling, propeller operation, fire protection, removal and installation, condition monitoring, overhaul practice, and specialty propulsion - closing with an integrated certification review that ties every system back together. What sets this book apart: every worked example shows the full reasoning path - not just the final answer. You'll see how a technician moves from an abnormal temperature, pressure, or vibration reading, through the checks that isolate the cause, to the maintenance decision that follows - with units, evidence, and logic made visible at each step. Practice problems reinforce both calculation skill and diagnostic judgment, so you're training the same thinking you'll need under exam pressure or on the hangar floor. You'll learn to: - Compare reciprocating and turbine construction, cycles, loads, and operating behavior- Read temperature, pressure, speed, torque, vibration, oil condition, and physical evidence as a connected picture, not isolated numbers- Trace flow paths and recognize how a fault in one system produces symptoms in another- Apply compression checks, borescope evidence, dimensional measurement, and trend data to isolate faults systematically- Plan inspection, servicing, rigging, and overhaul tasks with proper attention to safety, documentation, and authorityWritten for A&P students, certification candidates, instructors, and working technicians, this book works as a cover-to-cover course or a targeted refresher on a single system. It teaches transferable principles while making clear that every real task must follow current approved data, exact limits, and required procedure. Finish this book able to explain why, not just what- the standard your instructor, your DER, and your next engine failure will actually hold you to.…

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A robot can have capable sensors, correct algorithms, and functioning hardware and still fail because its software components disagree about timing, interfaces, coordinate frames, configuration, or system state.This practical guide addresses the difficult step between running small examples and understanding a complete robot as one integrated system. It begins with modular software architecture, development environments, packages, and node programming in two widely used languages. It then develops streaming communication, request-response operations, long-running goals, runtime configuration, launch behavior, lifecycle management, concurrent execution, distributed middleware, communication policies, and multi-computer networking.The book then connects software to physical meaning through time, coordinate frames, transforms, robot descriptions, visualization, physics-based simulation, virtual sensors, controllers, and hardware interfaces. Later chapters apply those foundations to localization, sensor fusion, mapping, autonomous movement, path and trajectory planning, recovery behavior, manipulator kinematics, collision checking, testing, debugging, performance observation, security concepts, embedded integration, and deployment.Inside, you will: - Design clear component responsibilities and interfaces that remain understandable as a robot grows.- Choose communication patterns according to data flow, timing, feedback, cancellation, and configuration needs.- Reason about rates, latency, freshness, queues, discovery, and distributed communication instead of treating them as hidden details.- Keep time, frames, transforms, geometry, sensing, and control consistent from simulation to physical hardware.- Connect localization, mapping, autonomous movement, and manipulation to the software and hardware interfaces they require.- Use repeatable testing and debugging methods to find failures across configuration, networking, estimation, planning, control, and deployment.Worked examples, practice problems, diagrams, engineering checks, and troubleshooting habits turn the material into an active course of study and a later reference. Readers are encouraged to inspect system state, change configuration deliberately, compare expected behavior with measured behavior, and isolate failures by layer instead of guessing from symptoms. The book is suited to undergraduate students, engineers, software developers entering robotics, researchers building a common foundation, makers, and independent developers. Previous experience with the platform named in the title is not assumed, although basic programming familiarity is helpful.Open the book and begin building the system-level understanding needed to program, simulate, integrate, test, and diagnose modern robots with greater clarity.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - HANDBOOK OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMSUnmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) are changing the way people inspect infrastructure, map land, monitor crops, support emergency services, conduct scientific research, and carry out many other missions. As the technology continues to develop, the knowledge required to understand, design, operate, and maintain these systems has become broader and more demanding. Many available resources focus on only one area, leaving readers to search through multiple books and references to build a complete understanding. This handbook brings the essential subjects together in one structured and practical volume.>Unlike many books that concentrate only on flight operations, regulations, or aircraft design, this handbook presents the entire UAS ecosystem as one connected system. It explains how aerodynamics, propulsion, structures, avionics, navigation, communication, flight control, payloads, energy systems, autonomy, maintenance, safety, and mission planning work together to produce a successful unmanned aircraft system. This integrated approach helps readers understand not only individual components but also how each subsystem influences the overall performance and reliability of the aircraft.>One of the defining features of this handbook is its extensive collection of professionally prepared illustrations, engineering diagrams, figures, system layouts, tables, and technical drawings. These visual resources simplify difficult concepts, explain component relationships, support engineering calculations, and make complex subjects easier to understand and remember. Inside this handbook, you will explore: - The principles of flight and aircraft performance.- Aircraft design and structural engineering.- Aerodynamics and propulsion systems.- Flight control, guidance, navigation, and communication.- Avionics, electrical systems, and onboard electronics.- Payload integration and mission equipment.- Energy systems and endurance improvement.- Autonomous flight and intelligent operations.- Flight planning, maintenance, and operational best practices.- Safety, certification, regulations, and emerging technologies shaping the future of unmanned aviation.>Add this handbook to your library today and begin building a deeper understanding of unmanned aircraft systems through clear explanations, practical engineering knowledge, and hundreds of detailed illustrations that bring every major concept to life.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Aircraft and airships are built through many connected decisions. Yet aerodynamics, performance, structures, propulsion, stability, control, materials, and systems are often studied as separate subjects. This can make it difficult to understand how a change in one area affects the complete flight vehicle.This book brings those subjects together in one clear engineering reference. It explains the principles of heavier-than-air and lighter-than-air flight, then shows how they guide mission definition, configuration, sizing, analysis, system integration, manufacturing, testing, certification, and operation.Organized across eighteen chapters and six technical appendices, the material progresses from the atmosphere and basic flight physics to complete aircraft and airship design studies. Equations, diagrams, comparison figures, tables, worked relationships, and design data support classroom learning, self-study, and engineering project work.- Understand how atmospheric conditions influence lift, drag, engine output, structural loading, and buoyancy.- Compare aircraft and airships through their lifting methods, performance strengths, operating limits, and design needs.- Follow the path from mission requirements and configuration selection to preliminary sizing and integrated design.- Study structures, loads, weight, balance, materials, propulsion, control, avionics, and support systems as connected parts of one vehicle.- Examine airship aerostatics, lifting gases, envelope design, propulsion integration, trim, mooring, ground handling, and operations.- Connect established methods with computer analysis, testing, certification, electric and hybrid flight, cleaner propulsion, autonomous systems, and advanced manufacturing.- Use final design studies and reference appendices to reinforce technical review and practical application.Major topics include atmospheric conditions, fluid flow, lift and drag, airfoils and wings, flight mechanics, performance, stability and control, aircraft configuration, structural loads, materials, propulsion, onboard systems, buoyancy, lifting gases, ballonets, envelope and gondola design, mooring, ground handling, weight and balance, manufacturing, flight testing, certification, computer-based analysis, and emerging flight technologies. The book is suited to undergraduate and graduate students, instructors, aerospace and mechanical engineering readers, aircraft and airship designers, researchers, pilots, aviation professionals, and independent learners who want a broad but organized understanding of flight-vehicle development. It is especially useful for readers who want aircraft and airship subjects presented together within one practical source. Build a clearer understanding of how complete flight vehicles are conceived, analysed, tested, and improved. Add this engineering reference to your library and begin connecting the principles, systems, and design decisions that shape aircraft and airships.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.