Aircraft Design Course Supplementary Material
Presentations & Publications
The F-117 was a first-generation stealthy ground attack fighter. Its main purpose was to destroy enemy radar (and possibly missile sites) so that the skies would be safe for other allied aircraft. It was not designed for air combat.
Class Presentations
(as pdf, in class sequence)
Ch 3 Sizing from a Sketch rev 2
Ch 4 Airfoil and Wing-Tail Geometry rev 3
Ch 7 Configuration Layout and Loft
Ch 8 Special Considerations rev 5
Ch 9 Crew, Passengers and Payload
Ch 10 & 13 Propulsion and Fuel Systems rev 5
Ch 11 Landing Gear and Subsystems rev 5
Ch 15 Weight and Balance rev 2
Ch 16 Stability and Control rev 11
Ch 17 Performance and Flight Mechanics rev 3
Ch 19 Sizing and Trade Studies
SCU Short Course:
Session 1 Intro, Appendices, Ch 2-4
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Recent Presentations
(as pdf, unless otherwise indicated, so embedded mp4 files appear in black)
Lockheed Martin C-130, Unibo, 2022-11
SSTs - Past, Present & Future, Unibo, 2022-11
Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines Accidents, Unibo, 2022-11
Lockheed & Rolls-Royce - A Rocky Relationship, Unibo, 2022-11
Hydrogen-Powered Aircraft, Unibo, 2022-11
Electric-Powered Aircraft rev 1, HKUST, 2022-04
Aircraft Design for Reduced Carbon Emissions, HKUST, 2021-04
Aircraft Accidents and Safety, ITB, 2019-09
Antediluvian Engineering, HKUST, 2019-03
Initial Aircraft Sizing - A Critique, Asian Workshop on Aircraft Design Education, NUAA, 2018-10
Recent Publications
For complete list of publications see https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonyhays/