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Presentation of class 1 designs for a family of commuter airplanes
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Creighton, Tom Hendrich Sr., Louis Oxendine Sr., Charles Swift, Jerry Robinson, Terry Dragush, George Hensley, Doug Russell, Mark Morgan, Louise Remen, John |
| Copyright Year | 1986 |
| Description | The Class 1 configuration designs of a family of commuter aircraft are presented. The proposed aircraft will have a capacity of from 25 to 100 passengers. They are to have the following common features: (1) 2 aft fuselage mounted engines; (2) a low wing; (3) a T-tail type empennage; and (4) a tricycle type landing gear. A family concept is introduced to achieve structural, systems and handling quality commonality throughout. Implementing commonality can substantially reduce manufacturing and production costs. By achieving common system designs, maintenance costs can be reduced by permitting airlines to stock a smaller inventory of spares. Therefore, the higher degree of commonality, the lower the direct operating and life cycle costs. The attempt to implement some of the commonality requirements has caused configuration design problems, i.e., the twin-body concept was introduced. Design data are compared to existing aircraft, and the extent of structural, systems and handling qualities achieved are reviewed. |
| File Size | 13368766 |
| Page Count | 431 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19880009203 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t9m37q749 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1986-11-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Aircraft Design, Testing And Performance Commuter Aircraft Tail Assemblies Passenger Aircraft Aircraft Design Aircraft Engines Commercial Aircraft Life Cycle Costs Commonality Mounting Wings Cost Effectiveness Systems Engineering Landing Gear Structural Design Criteria Fuselages T Tail Surfaces Aircraft Configurations Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
