Understanding Aircraft Design

[Bhartiya Sainik]

Hello everyone,
Since childhood, Aircraft became part of our life in form of toys.
The very sight of it amazes people. Its sound gives goosebumps.
The global R&D in last 100 years has given some exceptional aircrafts of different types.
Numerous documentaries have been made, articles published.
People wonder what leads to a particular design.

Let's make a step by step effort to share our knowledge about airframe design -
- Basic diagram of an airplane
- How airplane flies
- Basic parts of airplane
- Types of airplanes
- Why airplanes look different w.r.t. their body, wings, etc
- Key differences b/w Civil & Military planes
- How a type of airplane is designed
- How improvements take place
- When/Why a design becomes obsolete & a generation leap occurs
- etc

 

[Azaad]

Hello everyone,
Since childhood, Aircraft became part of our life in form of toys.
The very sight of it amazes people. Its sound gives goosebumps.
The global R&D in last 100 years has given some exceptional aircrafts of different types.
Numerous documentaries have been made, articles published.
People wonder what leads to a particular design.

Let's make a step by step effort to share our knowledge about airframe design -
- Basic diagram of an airplane
- How airplane flies
- Basic parts of airplane
- Types of airplanes
- Why airplanes look different w.r.t. their body, wings, etc
- Key differences b/w Civil & Military planes
- How a type of airplane is designed
- How improvements take place
- When/Why a design becomes obsolete & a generation leap occurs
- etc

@hit&run

How about inviting Decklander aboard ? He's been designing his MWF since the past 2 decades. Perhaps 2 like minds & equally kindred souls here can do so together on this forum with the young ones learning along the way .

 

[Bhartiya Sainik]

He's been designing his MWF since the past 2 decades

Is he DoD guy or 3D CAD artist?

 

[hit&run]

@hit&run

How about inviting Decklander aboard ? He's been designing his MWF since the past 2 decades. Perhaps 2 like minds & equally kindred souls here can do so together on this forum with the young ones learning along the way .

Address please.

 

[Azaad]

Address please.

Unfortunately the only SM he's present in RN as far as I know is Strategic Front.

 

[Azaad]

Is he DoD guy or 3D CAD artist?

Ex IN jock.

 

[hit&run]

@hit&run

How about inviting Decklander aboard ? He's been designing his MWF since the past 2 decades. Perhaps 2 like minds & equally kindred souls here can do so together on this forum with the young ones learning along the way .

I tried to look for him. There is another member abingdonboy. Maybe @Alby can help.

 

[Azaad]

I tried to look for him. There is another member abingdonboy. Maybe @Alby can help.

Perhaps @proxy1234 or @Noob can DM @vstol Jockey on Strat Front. Abingdon boy is a member there too but doesn't frequent the site.

 

[Noob]

Perhaps @proxy1234 or @Noob can DM @vstol Jockey on Strat Front. Abingdon boy is a member there too but doesn't frequent the site.

I don't follow abingdon on Twitter so I can't DM him but he is active on Twitter only so if anyone who follows him please do that as for this other guy I will dm him on star front

 

[Noob]

Perhaps @proxy1234 or @Noob can DM @vstol Jockey on Strat Front. Abingdon boy is a member there too but doesn't frequent the site.

He has DMs off I just wrote it on his timeline

 

[Azaad]

He has DMs off I just wrote it on his timeline

You can't extend an open invite to a guy on a another forum to join yours. You'd be banned. Ask him to let you access his DMs .

 

[Noob]

You can't extend an open invite to a guy on a another forum to join yours. You'd be banned. Ask him to let you access his DMs .

Not letting me the forum has limited access

 

[proxy1234]

Perhaps @proxy1234 or @Noob can DM @vstol Jockey on Strat Front. Abingdon boy is a member there too but doesn't frequent the site.

I left the forum and then was banned there, so I can't DM @vstol_jockey sir... But yes, he will be a great addition here!

 

[proxy1234]

Should also invite @randomradio here, perhaps @Azaad is missing him here, lol. He is very informative...

 

[Bhartiya Sainik]

Let's get started.
Basic parts of Aircraft visible on outside including control surfaces -

There are many ways to classify aircrafts - Passenger/Cargo, Civil/Military, Fighter/Bomber, Fixed-wing/rotary,

Below is a basic diagram of passenger, cargo jets -
It can be said to be simplest design today, a tube with wings.


A fighter jet overall may also have a conventional design with straight wings, tails, rudders, although improved by different shape & angles. The engines become part of fuselage.



On the outsie, there are some other control surfaces like Strakes, LERX (Leading Edge Root Extension), wing fence, Winglet, vortex generators, etc.





There is a Blended wing body concept.



The closest jets to BWB are B-1 Lancer & Tu-160 Blackjack



And then we have the famous flying wing like XB-35, YB-49, B-2



Each of these parts or characteristics have individual massive research. We will try to individually explore them in future posts.

 

[Bhartiya Sainik]

@SKC @haldilal @hit&run
Why don't you guys invite 3D CAD artists like - Kuntal Biswas, Satwik Sadhukhan, Harshal Pal, etc?
On DFI i found a thread by Kuntal

Indian Military fan art, conceptual art & CGI

Hey everyone ! This thread is solely dedicated to concept arts / CGIs /Fan arts related to India's current and future projects . Sent from my SM-M307F using Tapatalk

defenceforumindia.com

We can restart that thread here.
They can contribute a lot to various threads.
I noticed their Twitter address but i'm not there.
(x.com/Kuntal__biswas)
(x.com/i_m_satwikk)
(x.com/HarshalPal5)

@haldilal you are also there (x.com/haldilal)

 

[SKC]

@SKC @haldilal @hit&run
Why don't you guys invite 3D CAD artists like - Kuntal Biswas, Satwik Sadhukhan, Harshal Pal, etc?
On DFI i found a thread by Kuntal

Indian Military fan art, conceptual art & CGI

Hey everyone ! This thread is solely dedicated to concept arts / CGIs /Fan arts related to India's current and future projects . Sent from my SM-M307F using Tapatalk

defenceforumindia.com

We can restart that thread here.
They can contribute a lot to various threads.
I noticed their Twitter address but i'm not there.
(x.com/Kuntal__biswas)
(x.com/i_m_satwikk)
(x.com/HarshalPal5)

@haldilal you are also there (x.com/haldilal)

Someone can DM Kuntal on twitter. He is quite active there. I will try.

 

[Bhartiya Sainik]

@Bleh
Do you use 3D S/w? I've some of your posts on 3D design.

 

[Bhartiya Sainik]

@SKC @haldilal @hit&run
Why don't you guys invite 3D CAD artists like - Kuntal Biswas, Satwik Sadhukhan, Harshal Pal, etc?
On DFI i found a thread by Kuntal

Indian Military fan art, conceptual art & CGI

Hey everyone ! This thread is solely dedicated to concept arts / CGIs /Fan arts related to India's current and future projects . Sent from my SM-M307F using Tapatalk

defenceforumindia.com

We can restart that thread here.
They can contribute a lot to various threads.
I noticed their Twitter address but i'm not there.
(x.com/Kuntal__biswas)
(x.com/i_m_satwikk)
(x.com/HarshalPal5)

@haldilal you are also there (x.com/haldilal)

@SKC @haldilal
any update about the 3D guys?
I spotted 3 more guys who made 3D CAD of AMCA, TEDBF :
- Murli Yadav (social media ID not available)
(https://defenceforumindia.com/members/jon-arts.18541/)

- Ankur Singh Chauhan (https://x.com/Anx450z)
(DFI - https://defenceforumindia.com/members/wahmanrespector.37183/)

- Raghunandan (https://x.com/Raghunandan_3d)

 

[haldilal]

@SKC @haldilal
any update about the 3D guys?
I spotted 3 more guys who made 3D CAD of AMCA, TEDBF :
- Murli Yadav (social media ID not available)
(https://defenceforumindia.com/members/jon-arts.18541/)

- Ankur Singh Chauhan (https://x.com/Anx450z)
(DFI - https://defenceforumindia.com/members/wahmanrespector.37183/)

- Raghunandan (https://x.com/Raghunandan_3d)

Ya'll


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