Websites

  • UIUC Applied Aeodynamics Group: XFOIL, airfoil information and other tools
  • USAF DATCOM Location of the DATCOM download.
  • Aviation Resources - Great page with many links.
  • WebPlotDigitizer - Need to pull points from a printed graph for use in Excel?
  • NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) - If you needa NACA report...
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    Primary Books

  • Theory of Wing Sections, Abbott & Doenhoff
  • Fundamentals of Aircraft and Airship Design, Nicolai and Carichner
  • Fundamentals of Aircraft Design, Nicolai
  • Airplane Design (I thru VIII), Roskam
  • Airplane Aerodynamics and Performance, Lan and Roskam
  • Dynamics of Flight, Etkin and Reid
  • Airframe Stress Analysis ands Sizing, Niu
  • Airframe Structural Design, Bruhn
  • Airframe Structural Design, Niu

    • Other Books

  • Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach, Raymer
  • Skunkworks, Rich & Janos
  • Mustang Designer, Wagner

    • NACA Reports NRTS

  • NACA RM A53G31
  • NACA TM-1036
  • NACA TN-2282
  • NACA TN-D-926
  • NACA TR-824
  • NACA TR-903
  • NACA TR-921
  • NACA Report-1253
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    MIL-STD everyspec.com

  • MIL-A-8861 Aircraft Strength and Rigidity Flight Loads
  • MIL-HDBK-1797 Flying Qualities of Piloted Aircraft
  • MIL-F-8785C Flying Qualities of Piloted Aircraft
  • MIL-C-005011B Standard Aircraft Characteristics and Performance
  • MIL-STD-3013A (Definitions for Mission Profiles, similar to 005011 above)
  • MIL-STD-1333B Aircrew Station Geometry for Military Aircraft
  • MIL-STD-850B Aicrew Station Vision Requirements for Military Aircraft

    • Designers Never Sleep