Designer's Notebook

Design process, part 3-how fast?

One way to solve the problem of flow separation—and stall—is by installing vortex generators on your kit aircraft.

Design process-CG limits and tail size.

Don your thinking caps, kids. Its time to learn about the value of nondimensionalized aerodynamic data.

Gyroplanes, part 2.

There's a large body of knowledge of good engineering practice for aircraft. Most of this knowledge was gained the hard way, and it should not be ignored lightly.

In our study of wing design, we have progressed from the inner portion and the flaps to the outer part of the span and...

Design process: balance.

Crashworthy design overview.

As we started to discuss last month, the landing gear is a major component of the airplane that affects the design in significant ways....