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Title: Not what I hoped it would be.
Review: If you're looking for some useful information on VTOL aircraft, keep looking. McCormick derives hundreds of equations, making it difficult to establish which, if any, are relevant or useful. And good luck finding the meaning of the symbols in the equations, which may have been defined several chapters earlier. This book would be best left in the classroom where an instructor could guide the student through the theory. This isn't the practical, nuts and bolts information for the hardcore VTOL enthusiast or designer. All information refers to 1960's or earlier aircraft. The V-22 is only mentioned in the preface of the new edition stating that some of the theory applies. The book has some useful information, but it's not what I hoped it would be.
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