On 26 Dec 2003 18:49:54 -0800, (Nicholas Cafarelli)
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wrote:
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: Looking for modelling software, not people... Looking to do some
: analysis of some designs. Something along the lines of a virtual wind
: tunnel testing, stress and load testing, etc... There has to be
: someone with a clue in this group somewhere. (Hoping, atleast)
:
:Wingco used the X-plane simulator to help with their new design.

And look where it got them.

X-plane is fine to start with, but it's not a good predictor of flight
characteristics, particularly with anything but a completely
conventional configuration.

For loading, if you're going composite, it's going to be very hard to
model. For aluminum, Catia is great, but insanely expensive.

(you can look at www.warezstore.com, but I didn't tell you that.)