On Sep 25, 5:04 am, john smith wrote:
In article .com,
Le Chaud Lapin wrote:

If someone were to being a (very long term) project to design a small
aicraft, on a budget, what software tool would be appropriate?

Is AutoCAD good enough or is there something more appropriate?

X-Plane

I've been obsessed with aircraft design for a few years now. Not sure
if I'd ever actually build any of my creations, but its certainly a
fun mental hobby.

Chris Heintz has shared a lot of his basic tricks of the trade he
http://www.zenithair.com/kit-data/college.html

Check out AirplanePDQ... A lot of really useful tools hobbled by a
hellacious interface, but certainly useful.

X-plane is another, but its model tends to be fairly weak for smaller
planes.

Anyone know of an aircraft design enthusiast board?