Design ProjectAAE45100 Aircraft Design
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Opportunity DescriptionFor the Spring 2019 semester, the Aircraft Design class will use the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Undergraduate Team Aircraft Design Competition as the topic for the class. The student teams will be able to use the work in AAE 451 to prepare a design proposal that they can enter into the AIAA competition.The student teams will determine specific requirements for, generate concepts for, and then select and develop a preferred concept for a future aircraft that will be profitable for scheduled "thin-haul" service and / or on-demand "air taxi" operators. Teams will identify a current baseline aircraft in a similar category to compare with their future concept, as well as to provide a sanity check and a means to exercise and validate their analyses. With a 2025 Entry-in-Service target, teams will need to make use of fairly well-developed technologies, but the competition allows for consideration of electric or hybrid-electric propulsion and autonomy. Trades are also available in aspects of the vehicle design, including passenger capacity, number (and type) of motor/engine. The teams will develop their own "sizing code" to predict the size, weight and performance of their preferred concept and will generate carpet plots as an approach to select the best values for major sizing variables. |
Modified January 23, 2018