• Administration
• Evaluation
• Design Project
• AIAA
• SAE
design
performance
• Performance estimation
• Maximum payload
Gravity sucks
280 passengers
8300 nMiles
(15400 km)
Yousuff Aircraft Performance and Design 9
BOEING 787-9 DREAMLINER
MTOW: 557,000 lbs
L Weight, W
D Payload, body, fuel
Lift, L
T M Size, velocity, density…
Drag, D
W Size, velocity, …
Thrust, T
‘propulsion system’
Flat earth
equilibrium: W=L; D = T; M = 0