Configuring Military Aircraft – Shaping and Laying Out
This extended section of the book can be found on the Web at www. cambridge .org/Kundu and gives a brief overview of today’s military aircraft shapes and their layout arrangements, as shown in the following charts and figures.
Figure 6.15. Falcon F16 fuselage cross-section and layout Figure 6.16. Flight deck (cockpit) layout – military aircraft Figure 6.17. USAF F18 details showing internal structural layout and armament load
Chart 6.2. Phase I, conceptual study: methodology to freezing military aircraft configuration
6.7 Worked-Out Example – Configuring Military Advanced Jet Trainer
This extended section of the book can be found on the Web at www. cambridge .org/Kundu and presents details of worked-out examples of the Advanced Jet
Trainer (AJT). The section is divided into subsections, with a step-by-step discussion of workflow. Associated figures and table are listed.
6.12.1 Use of Statistics in the Class of Military Trainer Aircraft
This extended subsection, on the Web at www. cambridge. org/Kundu, includes the following figures.
Figure 6.18. Military trainer aircraft – MTOM
Figure 6.19. Military trainer aircraft wing area and engine size
6.12.2 Worked-Out Example – Advanced Jet Trainer Aircraft (AJT) – Fuselage
This extended subsection, on the Web at www. cambridge. org/Kundu, includes the following figures and table.
Figure 6.20. AJT fuselage layout Figure 6.21. AJT and its CAS variant Table 6.3. Flap setting versus CLmax
6.12.3 Miscellaneous Considerations – Military Design
This subsection, on the Web at www. cambridge. org/Kundu, describes intake, exhaust, and CG position of the AJT.
6.8 Variant CAS Design
This extended section of the book can be found on the Web at www. cambridge .org/Kundu and develops presents details of a worked-out example of a VAS variant of the Advanced Jet Trainer. The section is divided into subsections, each with a step-by-step discussion of workflow, as shown below by their titles. Associated figures are listed.
6.13.1 Summary of the Worked-Out Military Aircraft Preliminary Details
This subsection, on the Web at www. cambridge. org/Kundu, summarizes in tabulated form the AJT and the CAS variant configurations and some resulting geometric and weights details.