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Version 1.0 Copyright C 2003 by Daniel P. Raymer. All Rights Reserved. See legal notice
LEGAL NOTICE ! Better to save this spreadsheet as a renamed copy before changing it for your airplane, in case
for now but enter it later when Wo is calculated a range requirement, do calculation below, read
and engine is selected Wo from graph, and select an engine that gives
engine
S wet
C D0 =C fe
S ref
e (Oswald) 0.75 1 0. 42 4
Wcruise/Wo 0.98 K= =
0. 75 π A A CL-cruise 0.15
L 1
=
D qC D0 K
W / S
W /S q
−R c bhp
500η p L/D
Non-cruise weight allowance 0.98 W f /W 0 =1−0. 975 e
Empty Weight exponent -0.09 Fuel Weight 0.1 (lbs)
W E /W 0 =aW Fuel Vol 0.0 (gal)
0−0 . 09
W peopleW payload
W 0=
1−W E /W 0 −W F /W 0
Pick Wo from graph, where the two lines cross. Enter this
value below to find the minimum horsepower engine for
your power loading. 2000
Wo Calculated
If sizing graph lines do not cross, change Wo-guess values
above. 1500
Enter Wo from graph (lbs) 2000
Pick engine with horsepower of at least: 14286
1000
Now find a suitable engine of at least this horsepower and
enter its power below:
W W
S hp
T .O . P .=1. 2 1
C Lm a x
L 1
=
D qC D0 K
W / S
W /S q
R=
550 η p L
C bhp D
ln
[
0.975W 0
W 0−W f usable ]
Climb, Cruise, & Max Speed Calculations for Simplified Aircraft Design for Homeb
Use this sheet for performance calculations after you have drawn your design and measured its geometry.
Input
adjusted
values
95000
Climb - fpm
85500
76000
66500
57000
47500
38000
28500
19000
9500
0 0
40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240 40 60
Velocity - kts
rcraft Design for Homebuilders
esign and measured its geometry.
D= qS C D0 KC 2
L
Climb (fps)
130058.34 W
154271.42 1
C L−cruise =
S q= ρV 2
102409.77
q 2
-27384.02
-102334.96
color) on previous
Vv=V [ T
−
1
W L/ D ]
Rate of Climb - Sea Level
152000
142500
133000
123500
114000
104500
95000
Climb - fpm
85500
76000
66500
57000
47500
38000
28500
19000
9500
0
40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240
Velocity - kts
Weight Reporting Format for Simplified Aircraft Design for Homebuilders
Use this sheet for reporting weights calculations & estimating center of gravity. Input only items in blue
(Sorry, no weights estimation methods here, just the form to
enter your estimates. Moments & cg are calculated)
Weight Loc Moment Weight Loc Moment
lbs ft ft-lbs lbs ft ft-lbs
STRUCTURES 661.0 5600 EQUIPMENT 69.0 429
Wing 276 6.5 1794 Flight Controls 10 5.5 55
Horizontal Tail 24 21.0 504 Instruments 10 5.5 55
Vertical Tail 18 19.0 342 Hydraulics 2 6.0 12
Ventral Tail 8 17.0 136 Electrical 12 6.0 72
Fuselage 155 9.0 1395 Avionics 15 5.0 75
Canopy 15 8.0 120 Air Conditioning 0
Nacelle on wing 50 9.0 450 Anti-Icing 0
Nacelle/cowling 30 7.5 225 Furnishings & Equipment 20 8.0 160
Motor Mount 10 7.5 75
Main Landing Gear 56 9.0 504 (% We Allowance) 10 enter %
Nose Landing Gear 19 2.9 55 Empty Weight Allowance 114.1 7.8 891 don’t enter these
PROPULSION 411.0 2877 TOTAL WEIGHT EMPTY 1255.1 7.8 9797 Calculated Empty Weight constant "a". G
Engine 340 7.0 2380 Initial Sizing Inputs sheet and revise valu
Air Induction 3 7.0 21 USEFUL LOAD 744.9 purple box:
Cooling 3 7.0 21 Crew 0.0 8.0 0
Exhaust 8 7.0 56 Fuel 738.9 7.5 5542 Don't enter this! It is calculated from Wo, We,
Engine Controls 2 7.0 14 Oil 6 5.0 30
Misc. Engine Inst 5 7.0 35 Passengers 0 8.0 0
Propeller 30 7.0 210 Payload 0 10.0 0
Starter 10 7.0 70
Fuel System 10 7.0 70 TAKEOFF GROSS WEIGHT 2000.0 7.7 15368
Crew+Pass+Pld, No Fuel 1261.1 7.8 9827
Crew+Pass,No Pld,No Fuel 1261.1 7.8 9827
Conditions
Possible
Loading
this! It is calculated from Wo, We, and other Useful Load Group items
ASPECT RATIO OPTIMIZATION: DR-4
A-baseline 6.3
Wo 0.2
Wwing-base 276
We-base 1255.1 Read performance results and enter here
Wwing/ Max Cruise
A A/Abase Ww-base Delta We We-new Range Speed Speed ROC
6 0.95 0.97 -8 1247 1165 212 175 2200
6.3 1.00 1.00 0 1255 964 220 180 2400
14 2.22 1.61 170 1425 760 221 181 2500
Column F
1500 Column L
Column M
Column I
1000
500
0
6 8 10 12 14
Aspect Ratio
max*10 cruise*10
2120 1750
2200 1800
2210 1810
dy
Column F
Column L
Column M
Column I
12 14