AOE 4065-4066 Design (Aircraft)

Course organizer: W.H. Mason
Current Version: Jan 20, 2009
Class meets in Randolph 331
e-mail: whmason@vt.edu

Mason’s Office Hours:
11-12 Monday, 1 - 2 Tuesday
2 - 3 Wednesday, 1 - 2 pm Thursday. Or by appointment

A special Screen Saver for airplane design class
A little background on Professor Mason.

Projects: In 2008-2009 teams are working on (1) The AIAA design competition, an Advaned, Environmentally Compatible 150 Seat Commercial Transport, (2) The human powered airplane project (HPA), (3) A UAV to enter the current aerial robotics compeition with ME students, co-advised by Prof. Kochersberger and (4) A STOL/VSTOL design working with students from Loughborough University and advised by Sam Wilson of AVID.

• AIAA RFP for 2008-2009 in MS Word Format

• Course Syllabus, in pdf format.
• Fall 2008 Calender/Schedule
• Spring 2009 Calender/Schedule
• Copies of Lecture Overheads and other supplemental materials
• Course text: Raymer, Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach, Fourth Edition and other supplementary text books.
• Student Summaries/Presentations of Aircraft Systems
• AIAA Foundation Undergraduate Team Aircraft Design Competition results for the past years
• pdf files of final reports from past years
• Some tips on preparing written material.
  

This is a Northrop Grumman UCAV using a unique wing concept that is based on a patent by Nathan Kirschbaum, who was an aircraft design teacher for ten years here at Virginia Tech, before retiring for a second time in 2001.

• Mid Term Design Review Requirements
• Typical Final Fall design Presentation and Report Requirements

  

  Other sites of interest

  • Design Oriented Reports
  • Some downloadable software and Acrobat versions of manuals
  • Information sources and other web pages of interest
  • Online Engineering Handbooks that might be handy for design (Virginia Tech only)
  
  

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