01.1 - Aircraft Design and Integrated System (Basics and Theory)
METHODOLOGIES AND EXAMPLE OF CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FOR A FOOT-LAUNCHABLE SPORT SAILPLANE
L.M.F. Barbosa, Heart Aerospace, Sweden
This work presents a design approach for foot-launchable sport aircraft. The aim is to partially fill a gap in terms of "low-speed, manned aircraft" design, since sometimes these aircraft are not effectively defined using 'classical' approaches; and some foot-launchable aircraft are seem to be result of a ‘intuition-trial-and-error’ process, with support of some theoretical concepts.