Printed Manuals for the USAF Datcom

The fundamental reference for the computational procedures in Digital Datcom is the original printed document, USAF Data Compendium for Stability and Control (DATCOM). You may download a copy of this report in PDF.

If you want a printed copy of this document, you can simply print from the PDF. However, this is a big document. Even with two-sided printing, my copy occupies four big 3-inch loose-leaf binders. When printing a document of this size, you need to consider that you will be loading the paper tray many, many times and you will probably exhaust a toner cartridge in the process. I don't even want to think about using an inkjet printer.

If you value your time, you should consider ordering a copy from a company known as IHS/Global. They have a good original and will make excellent two-sided copies for you and punch them and put them in loose-leaf binders. As of January 2010, their price was $195. You may reach them by e-mail at global@ihs.com or by telephone at 877-413-5184.

I ordered my copy of the documents directly from their web site at global.ihs.com.

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