Intro The goal of this guide is to provide a straightforward, formulaic method for determining the optimal airfoil choice for a given aircraft. This is a process beginning with the aircraft’s mean aerodynamic chord, wingspan, aircraft cruise speed, and required wing thickness. The end result is an airfoil profile that can be manufactured. This was … Continue reading DBF Airfoil Optimization
DBF “The Spreadsheet” Aircraft Design
External Author – Preston Boling Note that this tutorial is not my own work, but was developed by the extravagant Preston Boling and is hosted here for convenience. Download default-spreadsheetDownload Introduction The ‘spreadsheet’ as it is affectionately dubbed by the capstone team as well as anybody who has taken ME461 (Aircraft Design), is the blueprint … Continue reading DBF “The Spreadsheet” Aircraft Design
