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Aircraft Performance and Design
Aircraft Performance and Design
30 lessons across 6 topics
1. Mechanics of Flight
1
Climb And Descent Mechanics
2
Force Balance In Steady Level Flight
3
Lift, Drag, Thrust, And Weight Relationships
4
Performance Envelopes And Operating Conditions
5
Turning-flight Basics
2. Aircraft Performance
6
Climb Performance
7
Cruise Performance
8
Landing Performance
9
Service-ceiling And Rate-of-climb Ideas
10
Take-off Performance
3. Range and Endurance
11
Endurance Concepts
12
Fuel Use And Mission Analysis
13
Mission-segment Performance Thinking
14
Range Concepts
15
Trade-offs Between Range And Endurance
4. Propulsion in Aircraft Context
16
Conceptual Propulsion Choices
17
Engine-airframe Matching
18
Impact Of Engine Characteristics On Aircraft Performance
19
Propulsion-performance Trade-offs
20
Thrust And Power Requirements
5. Initial Aircraft Sizing
21
Constraint Analysis
22
Principal Design Parameters
23
Thrust-to-weight Or Power-to-weight Ideas
24
Using Simplified Sizing Methods
25
Wing Loading
6. Conceptual Design Integration
26
Balancing Mission And Design Requirements
27
Communicating A Coherent Conceptual Aircraft Design
28
Configuration-level Design Implications
29
Iterating Preliminary Sizing Choices
30
Sensitivity To Assumptions
