Aircraft Design Course Supplementary Material
Recent Updates
Cathay Pacific L-1011 on the notorious approach to Runway 13 at the old Kai Tak airport in Hong Kong. The new airport is located at Chek Lap Kok.
American Airlines DC-10 on final approach
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2016-11-20 Annotation: 4.5.2 Tail Arrangement rev 1
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2016-11-20 Annotation: 16.3.2 Pitch Static Stability rev 3
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2016-11-17 Annotation: 12.5.10 Transonic Parasite Drag rev 5
(see spreadsheets with same upload date for supporting data)
Other Presentations and Publications
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2023-05-17 Presentation: SSTs Past Present & Future, with notes, AIAA-ASAT
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2016-11-17 Presentation: Ch 12 Aerodynamics rev 2
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2016-10-19 Presentation: Future Trends in Aerospace
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2016-10-19 Presentation: Teaching Aircraft Conceptual Design
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2016-10-19 Publication: Teaching Aircraft Conceptual Design
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2016-11-17 Spreadsheet: Drag Map, L/D and ML/D vs CL as function of Mach rev 5.5
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2016-11-17 Spreadsheet: Compressibility Drag Correlation rev 1.8
The Lockheed L-1011 and Douglas DC-10 were both designed to meet the American Airlines requirement for an ORD-LAX widebody. The commercial aircraft industry might be very different today if either company had looked beyond that requirement, considered the future growth in big high bypass ratio fan engines, and built a twin-engined aircraft instead.