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13 Aircraft Performance

13.1 Overview

This chapter assesses whether the aircraft being configured, thus far, meets the FAR and customer requirements given in the form of specifications. Coursework follows linearly from the mock market survey (see Chapter 2). Specification requirements addressed in this chapter include aircraft performance to meet the (1) TOFL,

(2) LFL, (3) initial rate of climb, (4) maximum speed at initial cruise (especially for civil aircraft design), and (5) payload range. Chapter 16 computes the aircraft DOC, which should follow the aircraft performance estimation.

Aircraft performance is a subject that aeronautical schools offer as a separate course. Therefore, to substantiate the FAR and customer requirements, this chapter addresses only what is required – that is, the related governing equations and computational examples associated with the five substantiation parameters listed previously. Substantiation of the payload range requires integrated performances of climb and descent that show fuel consumed, distance covered, and time taken for the flight segments. Integrated climb and descent performances are not specification requirements at this stage; therefore, their detailed computational examples are not provided. Instead, the final results in graphical form carry out the payload-range estimation. It is suggested that readers refer to appropriate textbooks for details on this topic. The turboprop example is not worked out but there is sufficient information to compute it similarly.

The remainder of the book after this chapter (except Chapter 16) presents information that aircraft designers should know and apply to their configurations. These topics may comprise the coursework of a second term following the finalized conceptual study in the first term. The discussion in Section 13.7 is useful to readers.

13.1.1 What Is to Be Learned?

This chapter covers the following topics:

Section 13.2: Preliminary information on aircraft performance Section 13.3: Engine performance graphs

Section 13.4: Pertinent aircraft performance equations

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