Technical Paper
An Update on RDS - Professional
1996-10-01
965567
Based on the methods in the AIAA textbook ‘Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach’, RDS features a 3-D CAD module for design layout, and has analysis modules for aerodynamics, weights, propulsion, and cost. RDS includes capabilities for aircraft sizing, mission analysis, and performance analysis including takeoff, landing, rate of climb, Ps, fs, turn rate, and acceleration.
