Aircraft Design and Performance - Assignment 2.4

Your Name

College of Aeronautics, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide

ASCI 202: Introduction to Aeronautical Science

Mr. Gary Ball, Adjunct Faculty

Month dd, yyyy

Aerodynamics and Performance

(About 100-words)

Introduce the purpose thesis of your paper; state the main topics you discuss in the order you discuss them.

Principles and Forces of Flight

(About 400-words)

Identify, describe, and explain the key concepts from Pilots of Aeronautical Knowledge Chapter Four. Discuss how they apply to each aircraft. What are the theories that apply to lift? What is the Bernoulli principle? Discuss airfoil design. What is camber? Why is camber important? What is the chord line? What are angle of attack and critical angle of attack? Why are each important? What is a wingtip vortex? Why is it important? How these principles apply to your two-example aircraft? Identify the forces of flight. How do they relate to one another? Discuss the force of lift. What is relative wind? How do relative wind and angle of attack relate to lift? What is drag? What are some types of drag? What causes drag in your two-example aircraft? What is ground effect and what design factor relates to ground effect?

Dynamics of Flight

(About 400 words)

Identify the motions of flight. Identify the axes of flight. Discuss how they apply to each aircraft. What motion relates to what axis? How is each motion controlled in your two-example aircraft? What is meant by the term “aerodynamic stability”? Identify and discuss the kinds of aerodynamic stability. What are anhedral and dihedral? How are your aircraft designed to improve aerodynamic stability? What does sweepback mean? Discuss the aerodynamic reason that a wing must be swept backward. What is meant by the term “aerodynamic stall”? What causes an aerodynamic stall? When does a pilot intentionally stall the aircraft on every flight? How is a propeller like an airfoil? What is “load factor”? why is load factor important? What is “G” force and when does it exactly double? What two aerodynamic factors cause an airplane to spin?

Conclusion

(About 100-words)

Review the main topics and key conclusions you achieved in your paper. Do not introduce any new topic that you have not discussed in the paper.

References

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). (2016). Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (PHAK). Retrieved https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/phak/

Principles of Flight. (2106). ERAU Special VFR. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5O-j0w-h7v0&list=PLzW-Ub1FWeZzdOHQhNK0U0Ci1a-VRH8IO&ab_channel=ERAUSpecialVFR

Why Airplane Wings are Swept. (2016, March 1). YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXFpLnPpDtY&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=RealEngineering

Why do Airliners have Swept Back Wings? (2010, June 15). https://www.brighthubengineering.com/machine-design/74204-swept-back-wings-and-stability/

Note: add your two Janes references to this list in alphabetical sequence.