General Aviation Aircraft Design Snorri Gudmundsson Pdf [work] -

Chapter 16 contains the "Tip-Over Angle" calculation. You will determine where the main wheels must go relative to the CG to prevent the aircraft from flipping onto its nose during braking.

Gudmundsson introduces the iterative nature of design. You start with a requirement (e.g., "fly 600 nm with two people at 150 knots"). You guess a weight, pick a wing area, and run the numbers. The output tells you your guess was wrong—so you adjust. The book provides the spreadsheets and convergence methods to make this spiral converge quickly. general aviation aircraft design snorri gudmundsson pdf