Performance Comparison Sheet

[Ed Baker]

I'm looking for a spreadsheet (or formulas) that would let me do a
"what if" calculation of aircraft performance when the current
performance, and specs, of an aircraft is known.

For example, if I had an airplane with a stall speed of 45mph, wing
span of 30 feet, cruise speed of 110 ... take off distance, rate of
climb, etc. What would happen if the wingspan were reduced or
increased, horse power reduced or increased and things like that.

Any ideas ???

[Jan Carlsson]

Hi

With my propeller program comes a sophisticated but easy to use performance
program. but it is not for free.
a propeller program is useless without a performance program and vise versa.

Jan Carlsson
www.jcpropellerdesign.com

"Ed Baker" > skrev i meddelandet
om...
> I'm looking for a spreadsheet (or formulas) that would let me do a
> "what if" calculation of aircraft performance when the current
> performance, and specs, of an aircraft is known.
>
> For example, if I had an airplane with a stall speed of 45mph, wing
> span of 30 feet, cruise speed of 110 ... take off distance, rate of
> climb, etc. What would happen if the wingspan were reduced or
> increased, horse power reduced or increased and things like that.
>
> Any ideas ???

[Ed Baker]

Thanks for responding Jan.

Believe me when I say I don't want to start a "flame war" with what
I'm about to say. But, I think a price of $125.00 is more than a
person with my requirements for analysis would want to spend.

I looked at your website, and I think your program looks tremendous
for a person that would like to custom desing a propellor.

However, I think my needs could be answered with a simpler, and less
expensive, software tool.

"Jan Carlsson" > wrote in message >...
> Hi
>
> With my propeller program comes a sophisticated but easy to use performance
> program. but it is not for free.
> a propeller program is useless without a performance program and vise versa.
>
> Jan Carlsson
> www.jcpropellerdesign.com
>
> "Ed Baker" > skrev i meddelandet
> om...
> > I'm looking for a spreadsheet (or formulas) that would let me do a
> > "what if" calculation of aircraft performance when the current
> > performance, and specs, of an aircraft is known.
> >
> > For example, if I had an airplane with a stall speed of 45mph, wing
> > span of 30 feet, cruise speed of 110 ... take off distance, rate of
> > climb, etc. What would happen if the wingspan were reduced or
> > increased, horse power reduced or increased and things like that.
> >
> > Any ideas ???

[[email protected]]

Try looking at Chris Heintz's design college:
http://www.zenithair.com/kit-data/ht.html

Heintz is the designer of the Zenith CH701, CH801, CH601 and CH640
aircraft and at the above URL he presents a series of articles. The
one of most interest to you (I think) would be "Aircraft Design Made
Easy":
http://www.zenithair.com/kit-data/ch-design-made-simple-p1.pdf

This looks simple enough to put into a spreadsheet.

HTH,
Ross

On 30 Nov 2004 08:02:56 -0800, (Ed Baker) wrote:

>I'm looking for a spreadsheet (or formulas) that would let me do a
>"what if" calculation of aircraft performance when the current
>performance, and specs, of an aircraft is known.
<SNIP>

[Ryan Young]

(Ed Baker) wrote in message >...
> I'm looking for a spreadsheet (or formulas) that would let me do a
> "what if" calculation of aircraft performance when the current
> performance, and specs, of an aircraft is known.
>
> For example, if I had an airplane with a stall speed of 45mph, wing
> span of 30 feet, cruise speed of 110 ... take off distance, rate of
> climb, etc. What would happen if the wingspan were reduced or
> increased, horse power reduced or increased and things like that.
>
> Any ideas ???

John Roncz, Burt Rutan's aerodynamicist, published spreadsheets for
this sort of thing in Sport Aviation, and they can be downloaded here:
ftp://ftp.xmission.com/pub/users/m/markm/roncz/

[Jan Carlsson]

Ed,

Yes you are absolutely right, my propeller program is made for making
propellers, $125 is a lot if you just want to play around, but for those who
want to make or even buy an propeller the sum is saved in material/work or
buying/sending back unsuitable propellers.
It is used by homebuilders, kitmakers and propeller makers around the globe.

you can try this: not very user friendly but anyway

www.eaa.org/benefits/sportaviation/S212-PerformanceEstimate.xls

Jan Carlsson
www.jcpropellerdesign.com

"Ed Baker" > skrev i meddelandet
om...
> Thanks for responding Jan.
>
> Believe me when I say I don't want to start a "flame war" with what
> I'm about to say. But, I think a price of $125.00 is more than a
> person with my requirements for analysis would want to spend.
>
> I looked at your website, and I think your program looks tremendous
> for a person that would like to custom desing a propellor.
>
> However, I think my needs could be answered with a simpler, and less
> expensive, software tool.
>
> "Jan Carlsson" > wrote in message
>...
> > Hi
> >
> > With my propeller program comes a sophisticated but easy to use
performance
> > program. but it is not for free.
> > a propeller program is useless without a performance program and vise
versa.
> >
> > Jan Carlsson
> > www.jcpropellerdesign.com
> >
> > "Ed Baker" > skrev i meddelandet
> > om...
> > > I'm looking for a spreadsheet (or formulas) that would let me do a
> > > "what if" calculation of aircraft performance when the current
> > > performance, and specs, of an aircraft is known.
> > >
> > > For example, if I had an airplane with a stall speed of 45mph, wing
> > > span of 30 feet, cruise speed of 110 ... take off distance, rate of
> > > climb, etc. What would happen if the wingspan were reduced or
> > > increased, horse power reduced or increased and things like that.
> > >
> > > Any ideas ???

[M Kennedy]

There's a free spreadsheet at http://www.aircraftdesign.com/sadfh.html (the
book is quite educational also).

"Ed Baker" > wrote in message
om...
> I'm looking for a spreadsheet (or formulas) that would let me do a
> "what if" calculation of aircraft performance when the current
> performance, and specs, of an aircraft is known.
>
> For example, if I had an airplane with a stall speed of 45mph, wing
> span of 30 feet, cruise speed of 110 ... take off distance, rate of
> climb, etc. What would happen if the wingspan were reduced or
> increased, horse power reduced or increased and things like that.
>
> Any ideas ???