Chris Heintz’s Self-Help Book for Wannabe Aeronautical Engineers
I have made so many notes in my personal copy of Flying on Your Own Wings by Chris Heintz. Last weekend, I spoke with another EAA member who was interested in designing his own plane. He asked my friend with an RV-12 project about the weight of the wing panels. I noted that Chris Heintz’s book had some good estimation formulas for that. Then, I noted how the book had several errors, even though it’s on the third edition.
Thus, I decided to write an addendum to Heintz’s book, which you can download here. Of course, it’s written in Latex. After all… I didn’t go to grad school to write documents in Word!
I’m happy to mark other corrections and clarifications as submitted. If you’ve read the book and made notes, please consider syncing with me.