Budget launch price for aerodynamics tool

Hanley Innovations has developed a novel Wing-Tail Calculator.

Hanley Innovations has developed a novel Wing-Tail Calculator.

The Wing-Tail Calculator was developed using a vortex lattice (vortex rings) CFD method.

The program is quite powerful and yet easy-to-use.

Wing-Tail can be used to: compute lift-drag coefficients for an isolated wing; compute lift-drag coefficients for a wing-tail system; determine neutral points for wing-tail system; compute trim angle; compute the aerodynamic coefficients at the trim angle; and simulate ground effect.

The Wing-Tail Calculator might also be used to model the lift and vortex drag on a keel-rudder system or perhaps a double sail configuration.

In these applications, however, one half of the wing-tail will model the actual device while the other half can model a surface image.

Wing-Tail accepts the following inputs for both the wing and tail: span, taper, sweep (forward and back), airfoil (just four) and angle.

The tail can be placed at arbitrary locations along the x-axis.

The user must also enter the centre of gravity location, profile drag at Cl=0, airplane weight and speed and whether or not to include ground effect in the calculations.

The Wing-Tail Calculator will compute lift, drag and moment coefficients, lift, drag and moment forces, location of the neutral point, mean aerodynamic chords, Cl_alpha, Cm_alpha, lift-drag-ratio and the minimum sink rate.

Wing-Tail can be used as an educational aide for learning about 3D wings, induced drag, sweep, taper and longitudinal stability.

It has four different airfoils for experimentation purposes.

It is perfect for an introductory aerodynamics course, flight dynamics or aircraft conceptual design.

The introductory price of Wing-Tail is $29.00.

The price at the end of the introductory period will be $45.00.

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