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	Aircraft Sheet Metal Another excellent Jepperson title, this book covers all aspects of sheet metal usage. Includes sections on structural components, repair tools, alloys, rivets and rivetting, fasteners, forming and bending, corrosion and repairs, construction and installation. Fully illustrated throughout. PRICE INC DELIVERY £22 Price: £22.00


	Aircraft Welding. 'Aircraft Welding' is a collection of EAA articles on the science of welding, covering all the basic techniques, including fundamentals, bending, flattening, angles, clamps, joint forming, jigs, and other metal working techniques specific to steel tube aircraft construction. The 38 chapters cover a very wide range of subjects, and are suitable for both the beginner and the experienced builder. Drawings, diagrams and photos throughout. 116 pages, softback, large-format. PRICE INC DELIVERY £19 Price: £19.00


	Building Metal Airplanes This book is for anyone who is fabricating metal components, although it has the most benefit for those building a sheet metal or welded tube structure airplane. It covers materials, measuring, basic metal working skills such as drilling, bending, forming, cutting, welding of tube structures and riveting, but also includes instructions on how to use a lathe and a milling machine. There are tables of bolts, rivets and standard aircraft fittings. For those designing an airplane or modifying an existing design, information about material properties and strength of fasteners is listed. It is described how to design and build for better fatigue strength, important things about corrosion protection and bonding metal. Simple repairs of metal structures are described. An airplane builder will have to integrate systems in his airplane, so one chapter is dedicated to present many examples and helpful hints. This book covers how to weld fuel tanks, how to seal integral tanks and how to make fuel or hydraulic lines by cutting, bending and flaring tubes. For those just starting their shop there are many descriptions of tools and equipment needed for working with metal. All airplanes have some metal components, so this book is useful even for those people building wood or composite airplanes. 125 pages, 129 illustrations, by Sonja Englert PRICE INC DELIVERY £20 Price: £20.00


	Choosing Your Homebuilt (the one you'll finish and fly) 3rd Edition Three questions answered - Can you build it, can you fly it, can you afford it? Chapters describe the relative merits of plan, kits and material packages as well as what to ask the manufacturer and what to consider when buying a completed homebuild. Other sections include engines, auto gas and avionics, plus pilot reports on 22 homebuilt designs including photos and specifications. 325 pages. By Kenneth Armstrong. PRICE INC DELIVERY £21 Price: £21.00


	How to Paint your Own Airplane Are you dreading the thought of painting your aircraft? Help is at hand. Ron Alexander has put together a book that takes the mystery and misery out of painting aircraft. Covering all the steps in the painting process, no matter if your aircraft is made of metal, fabric or composite materials, this book has the information you need. From equipment and materials requirements to safety, from preparation of different surfaces to all the different methods and techniques, from applying trims to common problems - every subject is covered in a spiral-bound, easy-to-use, very practical manual. Illustrated throughout. PRICE INC DELIVERY £20 Price: £20.00


	Kitplane Construction - NEW 3rd Edition Featuring new and classic kitplane designs, this proven bestseller is the most current and comprehensive resource available on choosing, building, and flying homebuilt planes. Covering tubing and fabric, wood, traditional sheet metal, and the latest composites, Kit Airplane Construction uses step-by-step instructions and detailed case studies of kitplane models to give amateur plane builders the knowledge needed to create and fly their own aircraft. PRICE INC DELIVERY £26 Price: £26.00


	Light Airplane Construction Covers in detail the fabrication and assembly of sheet metal, fiberglass and and Plexiglas components. This book is a must for a builder of any sheet metal aircraft. 92 pages. Many photos. By L Pazmany. Price INCLUDES UK p&p Price: £33.00


	New Science of Strong Materials -- JE Gordon Why isn't wood weaker that it is? Why isn't steel stronger? Why does glass sometimes shatter and sometimes bend like spring? Why do ships break in half? What is a liquid and is treacle one? All these are questions about the nature of materials. All of them are vital to engineers but also fascinating as scientific problems. During the 250 years up to the 1920s and 1930s they had been answered largely by seeing how materials behaved in practice. But materials continued to do things that they "ought" not to have done. Only in the last 40 years have these questions begun to be answered by a new approach. Material scientists have started to look more deeply into the make-up of materials. They have found many surprises; above all, perhaps, that how a material behaves depends on how perfectly - or imperfectly - its atoms are arranged. Using both SI and imperial units, Professor Gordon's account of material science is a demonstration of the sometimes curious and entertaining ways in which scientists isolate and solve problems. Price: £10.00


	Sportplane Builder - Aircraft Construction Methods - TONY BINGELIS Tony Bingelis's first authoritative book - the definitive introduction to homebuilding. Essential information on construction practices, fiberglass techniques, canopies, windshields, instrumentation, fuel systems, control systems, landing gear components, electrical systems, covering and painting. 320 pages, illustrated throughout. Price INCLUDES UK p&p Price: £25.00


	Sportplane Construction Techniques - A Builder's Handbook - TONY BINGELIS Tony Bingelis's second book on homebuilts, with more sections on getting ready to build, construction practices, fiberglass components, control systems, aircraft interiors, canopies & windshields, landing gears, instrumentation, electrical systems, finishing etc. 368 pages, fully illustrated throughout. PRICE INC DELIVERY £24.99 Price: £25.00


	TIPS AND TRICKS FOR AIRCRAFT HOMEBUILDERS, by Sonja Englert Aircraft homebuilders are sharing the secrets of their success. Many homebuilders have discovered ways to build a part quicker, for less money or with better quality while working on their project. Many of them are eager to share what they have learned with other builders and help them avoid mistakes. This book is a collection of the experiences of many builders. No matter what type of airplane you are building or what materials it is made from, there are a lot of useful tips on these pages. They cover the range from setting up a shop, tools and jigs to assembling the structure, systems installation, customizations, finishing and flight testing, many of them with step-by-step instructions. With this book, you can benefit from the experiments and years of accumulated knowledge of others. Illustrated with more than 250 pictures, everything is well explained and easy to understand. Chapter headings as follows: Getting Started Shop and Tools Working with Composites Working with Metal Welding Working with Wood Flight Controls Electrical Systems Other Systems Assembly Fabric Covering Powerplant Canopies Preparing for Flight Final Assembly 132 pages, over 250 illustrations. Price INCLUDES UK p&p Price: £22.00


	Welders Handbook By Richard Finch. A complete guide to MIG, TIG, ARC and Oxyacetylene welding. Covers basics, heat control, saftey, fitting, brazing, soldering, rods, wires, fluxes etc. 2nd edition 170pp PRICE INC DELIVERY £22 Price: £22.00


	Wood Aircraft Building Techniques Issued by the EAA. Excellent resource book, covering all aspects of building using wood. Chapters include: Moisture Content, Plywood Characteristics, Wood Testing, Sawing, Naip Positioning, Joints, Glues, Laminating and Bending. 136pp PRICE INC DELIVERY £21 Price: £21.00


	Design of Wood Aircraft Structures - ANC 18 Produced for both civil and military use by the US Dept of Defense, this manual is divided into three sections, designed as a whole to give an overview of wood aircraft construction. The first section presents the definitions of standard structural symbols used within the manual, and defines the difference between the strength and elastic properties of plywood elements and plywood panels. The next section looks at the strength and elatic properties of structural elements constructed of wood and plywood. The third section contains methods of structural analysis for the design of various aircraft components, especially taking into account the orthotropic properties of wood. The final section gives recommendations on the structural design of wood aircraft, with examples of how various manufacturers have treated the solution of specific detail design problems. The 234 pages are full of technical data, tables, graphs, charts, diagrams etc. PRICE INC DELIVERY £22 Price: £22.00


	Wood Aircraft Inspection and Fabrication - ANC 19 Produced for both civil and military use by the US Dept of Defense, this manual is specifically designed for fabricators and inspectors of wood aircraft. It comprises more than 300 pages on wood, modified wood, glues, processing etc, providing a wealth of information on wood as aircraft material; identification and characteristics; defects & blemishes; plywoods, laminates, resins, compressed woods, combinations, acetylated wood etc; properties, characteristics and control of glues:seasoning & storage; humidity control; assembly; maching & bending; finishing; props; plus lists of specifications etc. Illustrated with pictures, diagrams, charts etc throughout. PRICE INC DELIVERY £22 Price: £22.00


	Strength of Aircraft Elements - ANC 5 Issued by the US Army, Navy & Civil Committee on Aircraft Requirements, this wartime reference manual is divided into seven chapters. 1) : General - Symbols, formulae, principles & definitions, failure types, columns ,thin-walled sections. 2) : Wood - Properties, columns, beams, torsion, combined loadings, joints and fittings. 3) : Metals - Material properties tables. 4) : Steel - Properties, then rest of chapter as in that for 'Wood'. 5) : Aluminium Alloy - as for 4). 6) : Miscellaneous Metals and Alloys - Properties. 7) : Non-metallic Materials - Properties. Illustrated with graphs etc throughout. PRICE INC DELIVERY £20 Price: £20.00

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