Aero 321 Planes

Plane name: F-16 Fighting Falcon

Manufacturer: General Dynamics

Why did we study: First Fighter, Relaxed Static Stability

Plane name: MD-11

Manufacturer: McDonnell Douglas

Why did we study: neutrally stable to increase fuel efficacy

Plane name: F-18 Hornet

Manufacturer: McDonnell Douglas

Why did we study: tilted Vstab provides more downforce

Plane name: P-51 Mustang

Manufacturer: North American

Why did we study: Dorsal fin- increases directional stability

Plane name: BV 141 B-0

manufacturer: Blohm & Voss

Why did we study: not symmetric about XZ plane, moved cockpit and asymmetric tail for pilot visibility

Plane name: Boomerang

Manufacturer: Rutan

Why did we study: designed to be stable if engine fails

Plane name: F-100 Super Sabre

Manufacturer: North American

Why did we study: highly swept wings, no trailing edge flaps

Plane name: F-111 Aardvark

Manufacturer: General Dynamics

Why did we study: First production aircraft with variable sweep wings

Plane name: B-36D Peacemaker

Manufacturer: Convair

why did we study: 10 engines - prop and jet propulsion systems- symmetric on the XZ plane

Plane name: V-22 Osprey

Manufacturer: Bell Boeing

Why did we study: Tiltable rotors could do both vertical and fixed wing flight

Plane name: Bf 109

Manufacturer: Messerschmitt

Why did we study: Propeller caused lots of torque on takeoffs and landings

Plane name: P-180 Avanti

Manufacturer: Piaggio

Why did we study: Canard allows for longitudinal stability w/o weight added

Plane name: B-2 Spirit

Manufacturer: Northrop

why did we study: Longitudinal Stability issues, elevons helped with pitch and roll

Plane name: B-58 Hustler

Manufacturer: convair

why did we study: could move its cg using fuel leading to flame outs

Plane name: X-1

Manufacturer: Bell

Why did we study: all moving horizontal tail

Plane name: B-52G Stratofortress

manufacturer: Boeing

Why did we study: tandem landing gear high wing incidence

Plane name: P-39 Air cobra

manufacturer: Bell

why did we study: High dihedral and low wing mounting

Plane name: AV-8 Harrier

manufacturer: British Aerospace

why did we study: high wing and sweep and anhedral

Plane name: 747

manufacturer: Boeing

Why did we study: Large V-stab

plane name: YF-107A Ultra Sabre

Manufacturer: North American

why did we study: Large V-stab

Plane name: F-20 Tigershark

manufacturer: Northrop

why did we study: Large V-stab

Plane name: F-104 Starfighter

manufacturer: Lockheed Martin

why did we study: T-tail, anhedral

plane name: F-8 Crusader

manufacturer: Vought

why did we study: has inboard ailerons since high sweep

plane name: Lightning

manufacturer: English Electric

why did we study: zero sweep ailerons

Plane name: F11F Tiger

manufacturer: Grumman

why did we study: only uses spoilers for roll