Practical Software for Recreational Aircraft Analysis and Design

What is AeroPAD

AeroPAD is an evolutive series of software that aids with the analysis and evaluation of recreational aircraft design.

AeroPAD.1 is the basic version of the program. It has a simple conceptual approach which allows the user to analyze and evaluate a design and compare it with others.
AeroPAD.1.1 is the basic version paired with a calculator which aids in the obtaination of calculations necessary to complete a design. (in development)
AeroPAD.2  is the basic version combined with a 3D drawing program that helps the user to visualize and perfect the concepts of a design.

AeroPAD.1

AeroPAD.1 was developed to be a simple, practical and accessible tool that allows amateur designers to understand, analyze and compare performance of aircraft designs. The software can also be used  to conceptualize a new design, to estimate its performance and to make a comparative analysis.

One of our main goals was to make sure  AeroPAD.1 would be a user-friendly program that is readily available to all pilots and homebuilders. Using standard recreational aviation vocabulary, the user need only to enter the basic data pertaining to his design or to a known model. All the results are calculated automatically, allowing the designer to estimate performance and to analyze the main parameters of a design.

Who Can Use  AeroPAD

The  AeroPAD  program was developed to assist the recreational sportplane enthusiast, especially designers and homebuilders. It is useful for:
Designers:  to assist with determining the parameters of a new design and predicting and analyzing the design's performance.
Builders:  to understand and analyze the specific design of the airplane under construction.
Pilots:  to understand the principles behind sportplane design, to familiarize himself with the parameters of his  personal airplane parameters and to analyze his airplane while simulating a predetermined mission.
 

A Simplified Conceptual Approach

AeroPAD.1 is based on a simple and logical approach that consists to determine the requirements of a given mission.  A general configuration is seized for each of the following parameters: weight - propulsion -  geometry -  aerodynamics.  From this database, the program calculates all the results that can estimate the performance of  the design, such as all the speed range, the aerodynamics characteristics and the rate of sink and climb, etc. By an interactive process, it is simply matter of configuring these parameters and finding  the most suitable configuration to the plane mission.

To assist this process, the user will find a complete  Help that consist of a Content, a Glossary,  and References that can guide, make the seizure easier and be a resource for comparison.

Besides this main window, we are offering four other ones that complete these informations :

System Requirement

To run AeroPAD.1, you must have at least: 

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