lecture 2 (runway performance) v1.1
project 2 (runway performance) v1.0
The slides are very nearly identical to those used in class last March (v1.0).
This project was by far the hardest of the course. A whole set of comments accompanies this release on my blog (your comments are welcome!).
Media used in these documents:
- PFD figure CC by-sa Wikimedia contributor Denelson83
- Manometer figure CC by-sa Wikimedia contributor Mysid
- Altimeter figure Public domain Wikimedia contributor Bsayusd
- Sonic Cruiser photo is a copyrighted image from Boeing
- Streamlines around an airfoil figure public domain by Wikimedia contributor Michael Belisle
- Bouncing basketball photo CC by-sa Wikimedia contributor Richard Bartz
- Cappucino photo by Flickr user Ktylerconk
- Mass conservation in a tube figure CC by-sa Wikimedia contributors Pbroks13 & MannyMax
- SSJ with noseprobe photo CC by-sa Wikimedia contributor Marina Lystseva
- 747 photo CC by-sa Flickr user Matthieu Marquer
- MTOW 747 photo CC by-sa Flickr user Ack_Ook
- Climbing 747 photo CC by-sa Flickr user BriYYZ
- Several photos by the generous Vincent Edlinger (on Flickr, on Airliners.net)
- MD-11 brake CC by-sa Wikimedia contributor Jean-Patrick Donzey
The following photos would be in the slides if they were free... I tried to purchase these shots to put them on Wikipedia but could not get in touch with the photographers. Any help getting in contact with these people would be very appreciated.
- DHC Caribou nose landing by Andrei Bezmilov
- Similar photos (sources lost) by Glenn Alderton
- An 124 nose landing by Luc Van Belleghem
- 777 tail strike by Thomas Luethi
- 330 N-1 t/o by Ruben Hofs
- 340 RTO by Natalia Deniz, Atlantic Aviation Photography
- 340 post-RTO brake cooling by Manolo Aldana
Documents I created that will be published on the Commons later this year:
- Forces applying on an aircraft (unsure whether this is needed)
- Balanced Field Length diagram
