Ebook: Airplane Design Part V: Component Weight Estimation

Airplane Design Part V: Component Weight Estimation is the fifth book in a series of eight volumes on airplane design. The airplane design series has been internationally acclaimed as a practical reference that covers the methodology and decision making involved in the process of designing airplanes. Educators and industry practitioners across the globe rely on this compilation as both a textbook and a key reference.

Airplane Design Part V: Component Weight Estimation familiarizes the reader with the following fundamentals:

- Class I method for estimating airplane component weights
- Class I method for estimating airplane moments of inertia
- Class II methods for detailed airplane component and grouping weights
- V-n diagram methods
- Class II method for structure weight
- Class II method for powerplant weight
- Class II method for fixed equipment weight
- Data and methods for center of gravity location of individual components
- Class II method for airplane moments and products of inertia
- Data base for airplane component weights
- Data base for airplane non-dimensional radii of gyration