What Is to Be Learned?
This chapter covers the following topics:
Chapter introduction
Management concept of aircraft design process in the industry; describes project phases and systems approach to design, including management in phases, a typical work schedule, resource deployment, and the time frame involved Task breakdown in each phase and functional activities, highlighting the conceptual study phase
Aircraft familiarization (civil and military); indispensable information about various aircraft components Market survey (civil and military); coursework begins with a mock market survey to generate customer specifications (i. e., requirements)
Typical civil aircraft design specifications Typical military aircraft design specifications Comparison between civil and military designs Airworthiness requirements, mandatory requirements for aircraft design and configuration Coursework procedures