Wednesday, 12 September 2012


Aeronautical Engineering Projects


KC-125R
Analysis of the effects of a refueling system on the KC-135R for AEL Industries (now BAE Systems).

DreamWings 
Computer aided drafting work on a twin-engine propeller all-composite experimental airplane for DreamWings. Design includes stability and control analysis for one airplane with three different engines.

Citation II
Stability and control derivatives for the Cessna Citation II for Alpha Systems, a simulator company.

 Rendered KST Vehicle
Preliminary design and analysis on the Kelly Space and Technology Second Generation Reusable Launch Vehicle under the NASA NRA8-27 contract.

Freewing
Design and analysis for Freewing.

Cessna Caravan
Weight and moment of inertia prediction of the Cessna Caravan for Kohlman Systems Research.

Safire
Design verification, aerodynamic, stability and control support for a small business jet for Safire Aircraft.

Piper Malibu Mirage
Aerodynamic model and weight/moments of inertia of the Piper Malibu Mirage for SimCom.


Design of a new series of experimental and LSA class airplanes for TranscendX Corp.

Milner Aircar
Design and CAD work for Milner Aircar.

CAD image 
Built aircraft 
Two-seat, experimental category carbon fiber kit airplane.

Control system CAD image 
Part of the control system for a two-seat, experimental category carbon fiber kit airplane.

Interior CAD image 
Mechanical and interior systems layout for a two seat kit airplane

Carbon fiber wings 
Carbon fiber wings for two-seat experimental category airplane under construction

Wing plug 
A wing plug being milled to make a mold for a two place experimental airplane.

Loads Analysis
Complete loads analysis and control system design of a two-seat all composite ultralight/experimental airplane for DreamWings, LLC.

Water Tunnel 
Water tunnel tests on a modified KC-135R for AEL Industries (now BAE Systems).

Loads testing 
Load testing of the carbon fiber wing of a two-seat experimental category kit airplane.

Impact testing 
Impact Resistance Testing and evaluation of various composite panel skin materials.

Nexaer LS-1
First flight of a new LSA category composite airplane, the Nexaer LS-1, on October 16, 2006. DARcorporation was involved with design and development.

DreamWings
First flight of Experimental category, two seat, carbon fiber airplane for DreamWings, LLC.

Test flight 
Landing, first flight of Experimental, two-place carbon fiber kit airplane designed, built and tested under guidance of DARcorporation.

Design & Modification

  • Verification of a new design of a 6 passenger propeller airplane. Analysis included vertical tail sizing and wing sizing

  • Investigation of forward maneuver area air-delivery systems for the US Navy, US Marine Corps. Creation of a simulation program for air dropping payload. Preliminary design of new airplanes to be used for delivering payload in war-zones

  • Design verification of several fire-fighting airplanes for Air Tractor. Preliminary design verification and performance analysis on a family of small airplanes

  • Design verification of a single engine airplane for Air Tractor. Design verification and performance analysis on a family of small airplanes. Analysis of competitor airplanes and comparison with new designs. Stability and control verification, including control forces

  • New design of a two person kit airplane. Preliminary design of two airplanes based on an existing kit airplane

  • NASA SBIR Phase II contract: development of G.A.-CAD: General Aviation Computer Aided Design. To revitalize the General Aviation industry, NASA Langley awarded DARcorporation a contract to design a preliminary design and analysis tool for PC’s including structural design and drafting capability

  • Preliminary Design of a small freighter/passenger airplane for NEXUS

  • New design of an all composite two person kit airplane for DreamWings. Design includes stability and control analysis for one airplane with three different engines

  • Design verification of a twin engine airplane for Air Tractor. Analysis of competitor airplanes and comparison with new designs. Stability and control verification, including control forces

  • Design verification and stability and control analysis on the VisionAire Vantage business jet

  • Complete loads analysis and control system design of a two-seat all composite ultralight/experimental airplane for DreamWings

  • Design studies for Air Tractor on single-, twin- and three-engine airplanes

  • Preliminary design of a two-seat single engine jet-trainer

  • Preliminary design of a family of 4-6 seat twin-engine jets

  • Preliminary sizing of a small business twin-engine jet for Safire

  • Control system design for the DeamWings Valkyrie

  • Preliminary design and analysis on the Kelly Space and Technology Second Generation Reusable Launch Vehicle under the NASA NRA8-27 contract

  • Design verification, aerodynamic, stability and control support for a small business jet for Safire Aircraft

  • Preliminary design of a supersonic business jet for OrthoAir

  • Preliminary design of a 4-seat business jet

  • Conceptual design of a single engine 4-seat G.A. airplane

  • Preliminary design of a personal air vehicle capable of vertical take-off

  • Preliminary design of a twin engine 6-seat G.A. airplane

  • Firewall forward design of an ATP turboprop powered Vans RV-6A for Rivers Aeronautical

  • Design verification of a UAV concept.

  • Preliminary design of a jet powered UAV concept

  • Preliminary design of a Sport Pilot class airplane for Composicraft

  • Preliminary design verification of a 4-seat G.A. airplane

  • Speedbrake design for a small business jet

  • Preliminary design of a transonic business jet

  • Preliminary design of a roadable aircraft for Aerocar

  • Control system design for a VTOL UAV

  • Propeller/Rotor design for Freewing Flight Technologies, Inc.

  • Preliminary design of the Milner AirCar

  • Design evaluation of the Hensley Wolf twin propeller pusher 4-seater

  • Preliminary design of a 4-seat G.A. Airplane

  • Design review for the Nexaer LS1

  • Preliminary design of a twin pusher G.A. airplane

  • Design review for D-Star Engineering

  • Design review for Finite Engineering

  • Design review for Trolltune Corporation

  • Design of a VTOL UAV for Freewing

  • Design review on a UAV

  • Design review for an LSA

  • Design of a scaled Supermarine Spitfire

  • Structural design of the Valkyrie composite experimental airplane for DreamWings

  • The University of Kansas/NASA DC-8 Antenna Assembly Aerodynamic and Structural Design and Analysis

  • Samson Motorworks: Switchblade preliminary design analysis

  • Samson Motorworks: Switchblade wing mechanism design

  • Liaoning Ante Steel Structure Group vertical wind tunnel aerodynamic and structural design and analysis

  • University of Kansas/NASA P-3B antenna assembly design, simulation (aerodynamic and structural analyses)

  • Modification of the horizontal tail of a commuter aircraft for Fairchild Aircraft

  • Analysis of stick forces, longitudinal stability and control and verification with airworthiness standards. Analysis included ground effects, flap effects and propeller slipstream effects

  • Analysis of the stability and control including stick forces and gradients for a KC-135R with a fuselage mounted external refueling system

  • Stability and control derivatives for the Beech Bonanza for a MDM Systems, Inc. a simulator company. All stability and control derivatives are determined for several flight conditions to create a flight simulator model

  • Stability and lift analysis of a 6-seater General Aviation aircraft for Hutterer Engineering

  • Stability and control derivatives for the Cessna Citation II for Alpha Systems, a simulator company. All stability and control derivatives are determined for several flight conditions to create a flight simulator model

  • Air Tractor stability and control analysis

  • Analysis of the effects of a refueling system on the KC-135R for AEL Industries (now BAE Systems)

  • Analysis of flow effects on the horizontal tail for a modified KC-135R with a fuselage mounted external refueling system

  • Analysis of flow fields under the fuselage of a Boeing 707 for locating the best position of a refueling system

  • Derivation of a system of equations of motion for Precision Training Software, a simulator company. Mathematical equations are derived for a training simulator

  • Weight and moment of inertia prediction of the Cessna Caravan for Kohlman Systems Research

  • Horizontal tail analysis for a 2-seat amphibious airplane

  • Loads analysis for the Snow S-22

  • Equations of motion for the tilt-boom concept for Freewing Flight Technologies, Inc.

  • UAV database development for Thomas International

  • Patent support work for a VTOL concept

  • Competitor analysis for a small business jet manufacturer

  • Initial structural analysis for Milner AirCar

  • Simulation model of an Air Tractor 502B for SimCom

  • CAD drawings of the wing ribs of the WWII Mitsubishi Zero

  • CAD for a roadable aircraft concept

  • CAD drawings for the horizontal tail of the WWII Mitsubishi Zero

  • CFD analysis of a small business jet

  • CFD analysis for Milner AirCar

  • CFD analysis of a bird deflector system for jet engines

Manufacturing & Testing

  • Samson Motorworks: Display Mockup Construction

  • Development of techniques to interface CAD with CAM to manufacture plugs and molds for DreamWings

  • Computer aided drafting work on a twin-engine propeller all-composite experimental airplane for DreamWings

  • Wind tunnel test for Safire Aircraft Company

  • Wind tunnel test management for Safire Aircraft

  • Design and wind tunnel testing of a wind measuring device

  • Wind tunnel test program management for a small business jet

  • Aerodynamic design and wind tunnel testing of a flying toy

  • Wind Tunnel data analysis for a small business jet

  • Wind Tunnel program management for Piper Aircraft Corporation on the PiperJet

  • Windtunnel tests and project management for a small business jet for VisionAire Corporation

  • Water tunnel tests on a modified KC-135R for AEL Industries (now BAE Systems)

  • Water tunnel tests on a Boeing 707-320B for AEL Industries (now BAE Systems)

  • Water tunnel tests on a small business jet for VisionAire Corporation

  • Ground test development and test management for a propeller propulsion system

  • VTOL Propulsion ground test

  • Test support for a VTOL UAV

  • Load tests of NASA P-3B Orion wing with antenna fairing installations and modal tests of antenna fairing installations on NASA P-3B Orion wing to obtain natural frequencies and mode shapes

  • Manufacturing of Antenna fairing pylons for NASA P-3B Orion and installation of NASA P-3B Orion antenna fairings

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