The Aerospace Engineer’s Formula Sheet
Quantity discount factor:
Number of engineering manhours:
Number of tooling manhours:
Number of manufacturing labor manhours:
Break-even analysis:
Use the Mattingly method to estimate the effect of airspeed and altitude on the thrust of gas turbine engines.
METHOD 1: Empirical estimation for straight wings:
METHOD 2: Empirical estimation for swept wings:
METHOD 3: Douglas method:
Level stalling speed at load factor n:
Stalling speed at angle of bank ϕ:
Minimum thrust required, VTRmin, or best glide speed, VBG, VLDmax:
Thrust required at a load factor n:
Load factor that can be sustained at a given thrust T and airspeed V:
Maximum sustainable turn rate, :
Minimum sustainable turning radius:
where: = load factor and
= airspeed for minimum turning radius