Airplane Design

8-volume Set

* The airplane design series has been internationally acclaimed as a practical reference that covers the methodology and decision making involved in the process of designing airplanes. This is an essential reference set for any enterprise intending to design airplanes. Educators and industry practitioners across the globe rely on this compilation as both a textbook and a key reference.

Airplane Design Part I

Preliminary Sizing of Airplanes familiarizes the reader with the following fundamentals:
  • Estimating take-off gross weight, empty weight and mission fuel weight
  • Sensitivity studies and growth factors
  • Estimating wing area
  • Take-off thrust and maximum clean, take-off and landing lift
  • Sizing to stall speed, take-off distance, landing distance, climb, maneuvering and cruise speed requirements
  • Matching of all performance requirements via performance matching diagrams

Airplane Design Part II

Preliminary Configuration Design and Integration of the Propulsion System is the second book in a series of eight volumes on airplane design. The airplane design series has been internationally acclaimed as a practical reference that covers the methodology and decision making involved in the process of designing airplanes. Educators and industry practitioners across the globe rely on this compilation as both a textbook and a key reference. Airplane Design Part II: Preliminary Configuration Design and Integration of the Propulsion System familiarizes the reader with the following fundamentals:
  • Selection of the overall configuration
  • Design of cockpit and fuselage layouts
  • Selection and integration of the propulsion system
  • Class I method for wing planform design
  • Class I method for verifying clean airplane maximum lift coefficient and for sizing high lift devices
  • Class I method for empennage sizing and disposition, control surface sizing and disposition, landing gear sizing and disposition, weight and balance analysis, stability and control analysis and drag polar determination

Airplane Design Part III

Layout Design of Cockpit, Fuselage, Wing and Empennage: Cutaways and Inboard Profiles, familiarizes the reader with the following fundamental:
  • Cockpit (or flight deck) layout design
  • Aerodynamic design considerations for the fuselage layout
  • Interior layout design of the fuselage
  • Fuselage structural design considerations
  • Wing aerodynamic and operational design considerations
  • Wing structural design considerations
  • Empennage aerodynamic and operational design considerations
  • Empennage structural and integration design consideration
  • Integration of propulsion system
  • Preliminary structural arrangement, material selection and manufacturing breakdown

Airplane Design Part IV

Layout Design of Landing Gear and Systems familiarizes the reader with the following fundamentals:
  • Landing gear layout design
  • Weapons integration and weapons data
  • Flight control system layout data
  • Fuel system layout design
  • Hydraulic system design
  • Electrical system layout design
  • Environmental control system layout design
  • Cockpit instrumentation, flight management and avionics system layout design
  • De-icing and anti-icing system layout design
  • Escape system layout design
  • Water and waste systems layout design
  • Safety and survivability considerations

Airplane Design Part V

Component Weight Estimation familiarizes the reader with the following fundamentals:
  • Class I method for estimating airplane component weights
  • Class I method for estimating airplane moments of inertia
  • Class II methods for detailed airplane component and grouping weights V-n diagram methods
  • Class II method for structure weight
  • Class II method for powerplant weight
  • Class II method for fixed equipment weight
  • Data and methods for center of gravity location of individual components
  • Class II method for airplane moments and products of inertia
  • Data base for airplane component weights
  • Data base for airplane non-dimensional radii of gyration

Airplane Design Part VI

Preliminary Calculation of Aerodynamic, Thrust and Power Characteristics, familiarizes the reader with the following fundamentals:
  • Methods for estimating airplane drag with and without flaps
  • Methods for estimating airplane lift with and without flaps
  • Methods for estimating airplane pitching moment with and without flaps
  • Methods for estimating installed thrust and power data
  • Methods for estimating stability derivatives
  • Methods for estimating control derivatives
  • Methods for estimating hingemoment derivatives

Airplane Design Part VII

Determination of Stability, Control and Performance Characteristics familiarizes the reader with the following fundamentals:
  • Controllability, maneuverability and trim
  • Static and dynamic stability
  • Ride and comfort characteristics
  • Performance prediction methods
  • Civil and military airworthiness regulations for airplane performance and stability and control
  • The airworthiness code and the relationship between failure states, levels of performance and levels of flying qualities

Airplane Design Part VIII

Airplane Cost Estimation: Design, Development, Manufacturing and Operating, familiarizes the reader with the following fundamentals:
  • Cost definitions and concepts
  • Method for estimating research, development, test and evaluation cost
  • Method for estimating prototyping cost
  • Method for estimating manufacturing and acquisition cost
  • Method for estimating operating cost
  • Example of life cycle cost calculation for a military airplane
  • Airplane design optimization and design-to-cost considerations
  • Factors in airplane program decision making