AE 4350 Aircraft Design Project #4 -2016

Fuselage, Wing and Tail Design

Objective
This project challenges students to take an example mission specification and perform a preliminary
design of the fuselage, wing and tail surfaces. The example vehicle is a close air support aircraft with a
secondary training role.

Project Description
The first part of the project is to size the fuselage using the procedure outlined in Roskam Part II Chapter
4. The final result should be scaled drawings of the fuselage, preferably in CAD. 2D drawings are
acceptable to locate major internal components, though 3D external drawings are encouraged.

The second part of the project is to design the wing and high-lift devices according to Roskam Part II
Chapters 6 and 7. The student is encouraged to use a NACA 4, 5, or 6-series airfoil for the wing. Airfoil
analysis using XFOIL can be performed for bonus credit.

For the final part of the project, the student will size and locate tail surfaces as per Roskam Part II Chapter
8. If the configuration is a canard, three-surface or flying wing then the volume coefficient method will
not directly apply and the student will need to determine and document a reasonable integrated process.
As an additional step the neutral point location needs to be calculated and displayed in a planform drawing
of the final configuration, as this will significantly impact the upcoming weight and balance calculation.
The neutral point can be calculated using spreadsheet methods or using an AVL model of the lifting
surfaces.

Deliverables
A project report must be submitted no later than 3:05 pm on Friday November 11th in paper form outside
of Weber 322 and electronically in pdf format through tsquare. No late submissions will be accepted. The
contents of the report must address all of the requirements, questions and issues described in the sections
below. Your report quality should adhere to "best commercial practices," which will be expected for all
assignments from this point on. It must be concise, written with a professional tone and avoiding
wordiness and grammatical / spelling mistakes. All sources must be adequately cited. See honor code
statement. Images must be in color and all plots must be legible (labels, axes, units, etc). The report should
not exceed 30 pages of content including images (does NOT include cover page, list of figures, references,
etc). The report section names do NOT need to follow the names given to each of the requirements.
Each report should have a cover page with the title of the assignment, “Instructors: Neil Weston and
Carl Johnson”, name of the student, date the assignment is due, and the following signed statement: "I
certify that I have abided by the honor code of the Georgia Institute of Technology and followed the
collaboration guidelines as specified in the project description for this assignment."

Suggested Resources
See the Tsquare site for a report template. For gathering information on aircraft the library has current
and past copies of Janes All the Worlds Aircraft, which is an invaluable resource.