Simplified Aircraft Design for Homebuilders by Daniel P. Raymer ... Design Dimension Press

Easy-to-follow, step-by-step methods to lay out, analyze, and optimize your new homebuilt aircraft concept
Industry methods distilled to the essence, and written in a straight forward, easy-to-read style
No derivations, proofs, or complicated equations

Every step is illustrated with an all-new design example that is followed through from beginning to end

From the Foreword
by Peter Garrison, designer/builder of Melmoth and author of Technicalities Column, Flying Magazine:

The great problem for the beginning designer is integration: to know how to think about the multifaceted task ahead, in which every choice influences every other one so intimately that it seems impossible to know where to start.

Dan Raymer has a knack for cutting through this Gordian knot. His remarkable textbook, Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach, manages to bring together every aspect of airplane design at the precise intersection of the theoretical and the practical. It combines professional experience with an unusual directness and clarity of expression.

The book you hold in your hands does the same, but at an even more accessible level, and with reference to the class of airplane that an amateur designer is likely to undertake. It shows you how to think about the problem; what steps to take to begin a design, and in what order. It introduces you to the complete spectrum of the designer's concerns and arms you with a vocabulary of concepts that you will flesh out through further reading. It won't - can't - be the last book on airplane design that you buy; but it should be the first. I wish I’d had it in 1963.
–Peter Garrison, Los Angeles, CA, Oct 2002

About the Author

Daniel P. Raymer, Ph.D. is a recognized expert in the areas of Aerospace Vehicle Design and Configuration Layout, Computer-aided Design Methodologies and Design Education. He has received both Rockwell Engineer of the Year and the AIAA Summerfield Book awards. Dr. Raymer is the author of the best-selling textbook "Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach" and a brand-new book "Dan Raymer's Simplified Aircraft Design for Homebuilders." He regularly teaches a five-day Aircraft Conceptual Design Short Course which has been attended by over 2,000 engineers to date, a two-day Advanced Aircraft Design Short Course , a three-day Short Course in Aircraft Design Management, Requirements Definition, and System Engineering, and a new course in Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) Design.

Dr. Raymer is President of the design and consulting company, Conceptual Research Corporation, and consults for the RAND Corporation among others. He is a regular Forum Speaker at the EAA AirVenture (Oshkosh).

His previous positions include Director-Advanced Design with Lockheed, Director-Future Missions at the Aerojet Propulsion Research Institute, and Project Manager-Engineering at Rockwell North American Aviation.

Dr. Raymer received B.S. and M.S. engineering degrees in Astronautics and Aeronautics from Purdue, an MBA from the University of Southern California, and a Doctorate of Engineering (Ph.D.) from the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology (KTH). He is a recipient of the Purdue University Outstanding Aerospace Engineer Award which is given "to honor those alumni who have distinguished themselves in the aerospace industry".

Interview with Daniel Raymer about his career and his design book in AIAA Editorial Echoes.

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