Consulting Projects
Analysis of the effects of a refueling system on the KC-135R for AEL Industries (now BAE Systems).
Computer aided drafting work on a twin-engine propeller all-composite experimental airplane for DreamWings. Design includes stability and control analysis for one airplane with three different engines.
Stability and control derivatives for the Cessna Citation II for Alpha Systems, a simulator company.
Preliminary design and analysis on the Kelly Space and Technology Second Generation Reusable Launch Vehicle under the NASA NRA8-27 contract.
Design and analysis for Freewing.
Weight and moment of inertia prediction of the Cessna Caravan for Kohlman Systems Research.
Design verification, aerodynamic, stability and control support for a small business jet for Safire Aircraft.
Aerodynamic model and weight/moments of inertia of the Piper Malibu Mirage for SimCom.
Design of a new series of Experimental and LSA class airplanes for TranscendX Corp.
Design and analysis of a wind turbine rotor for HiQ Products.
Design and CAD work for Milner Aircar.
Two Seat, Experimental Category carbon fiber kit airplane.
Part of the control system for a two-seat, experimental category carbon fiber kit airplane.
Mechanical and interior systems layout for a two seat kit airplane
Construction of prototype airplanes for TranscendX Corp.
Carbon fiber wings for 2-Seat Experimental Category airplane under construction
A wing plug being milled to make a mold for a two place experimental airplane.
Complete loads analysis and control system design of a two-seat all composite ultralight/experimental airplane for DreamWings, LLC.
Water tunnel tests on a modified KC-135R for AEL Industries (now BAE Systems).
Load testing of the carbon fiber wing of a two-seat experimental category kit airplane.
Impact Resistance Testing and evaluation of various composite panel skin materials.
First flight of a new LSA category composite airplane, the Nexaer LS-1, on October 16, 2006. DARcorporation was involved with design and development.
First flight of Experimental category, two seat, carbon fiber airplane for DreamWings, LLC.
Landing, first flight of Experimental, two-place carbon fiber kit airplane designed, built and tested under guidance of DARcorporation.
DARcorporation provides consulting services in the general area of aircraft configuration design and analysis, stability and control and estimation of airplane models for flight simulators and aircraft technical analysis. Other services include Wind Tunnel and Water Tunnel testing and analysis. Design and analysis of wind turbines, wind tunnel testing of wind turbines and prototype manufacturing.
DARcorporation personnel have experience with several software packages for airplane analysis and design. Shark FX-AeroPack a computer aided design tool for PC’s is extensively used for drafting new designs and modifications. Unigraphics NX and SolidEdge are used for detailed design. Blue Ridge Numerics CFDesign, Fluent and VORSTAB are used for detailed aerodynamic analysis. NASTRAN is used for structural analysis. FAR23 Loads is used for loads prediction on G.A. airplanes. DARcorporation has experience with propeller models and software from Hartzell and Hamilton Standard. An extensive library with NACA, NASA and ESDU publications is available including data from several propeller manufacturers, engine manufacturers (including Pratt & Whitney) and airplane manufacturers.
DARcorporation uses existing airplanes to verify analysis and design methods for new airplanes. An extensive database of existing airplanes is available for comparative analysis.
Projects Include:
- Modification of the horizontal tail of a commuter aircraft for Fairchild Aircraft.
- Analysis of stick forces, longitudinal stability and control and verification with airworthiness standards. Analysis included ground effects, flap effects and propeller slipstream effects.
- Analysis of the effects of a refueling system on the KC-135R for AEL Industries (now BAE Systems).
- Analysis of the stability and control including stick forces and gradients for a KC-135R with a fuselage mounted external refueling system.
- Water tunnel tests on a modified KC-135R for AEL Industries (now BAE Systems).
- Analysis of flow effects on the horizontal tail for a modified KC-135R with a fuselage mounted external refueling system.
- Water tunnel tests on a Boeing 707-320B for AEL Industries (now BAE Systems).
- Analysis of flow fields under the fuselage of a Boeing 707 for locating the best position of a refueling system.
- Stability and control derivatives for the Beech Bonanza for a MDM Systems, Inc. a simulator company. All stability and control derivatives are determined for several flight conditions to create a flight simulator model.
- Stability and lift analysis of a 6-seater General Aviation aircraft for Hutterer Engineering.
- Verification of a new design of a 6 passenger propeller airplane. Analysis included vertical tail sizing and wing sizing.
- Investigation of forward maneuver area air-delivery systems for the US Navy, US Marine Corps. Creation of a simulation program for air dropping payload. Preliminary design of new airplanes to be used for delivering payload in war-zones.
- Derivation of a system of equations of motion for Precision Training Software, a simulator company. Mathematical equations are derived for a training simulator.
- Design verification of several fire-fighting airplanes for Air Tractor. Preliminary design verification and performance analysis on a family of small airplanes.
- Design verification of a single engine airplane for Air Tractor. Design verification and performance analysis on a family of small airplanes. Analysis of competitor airplanes and comparison with new designs. Stability and control verification, including control forces.
- New design of a two person kit airplane. Preliminary design of two airplanes based on an existing kit airplane.
- NASA SBIR Phase II contract: development of G.A.-CAD: General Aviation Computer Aided Design. To revitalize the General Aviation industry, NASA Langley awarded DARcorporation a contract to design a preliminary design and analysis tool for PC’s including structural design and drafting capability.
- Preliminary Design of a small freighter/passenger airplane for NEXUS.
- New design of an all composite two person kit airplane for DreamWings. Design includes stability and control analysis for one airplane with three different engines.
- Design verification of a twin engine airplane for Air Tractor. Analysis of competitor airplanes and comparison with new designs. Stability and control verification, including control forces.
- Design verification and stability and control analysis on the VisionAire Vantage business jet
- Stability and control derivatives for the Cessna Citation II for Alpha Systems, a simulator company. All stability and control derivatives are determined for several flight conditions to create a flight simulator model.
- Windtunnel tests and project management for a small business jet for VisionAire Corporation
- Water tunnel tests on a small business jet for VisionAire Corporation
- Complete loads analysis and control system design of a two-seat all composite ultralight/experimental airplane for DreamWings
- Simulation model of an Air Tractor 502B for SimCom.
- Design studies for Air Tractor on single-, twin- and three-engine airplanes
- Weight and moment of inertia prediction of the Cessna Caravan for Kohlman Systems Research
- Aerodynamic model and weight/moments of inertia of the Socata TBM 700 for SimCom
- Preliminary design of a two-seat single engine jet-trainer
- Preliminary design of a family of 4-6 seat twin-engine jets
- Preliminary sizing of a small business twin-engine jet for Safire
- Performance analysis of a single engine turboprop trainer
- Performance analysis and stability and control verification of a 7-seat single engine turboprop
- Aerodynamic model and weight/moments of inertia of the Piper Malibu Mirage for SimCom
- Aerodynamic model and weight/moments of inertia of the Piper Meridian for SimCom
- Loads analysis on a small cargo turboprop airplane
- Computer aided drafting work on a twin-engine propeller all-composite experimental airplane for DreamWings
- Development of techniques to interface CAD with CAM to manufacture plugs and molds for DreamWings
- Performance analysis on a small cargo turboprop airplane
- Loads analysis on the Valkyrie composite experimental airplane for DreamWings
- Structural design of the Valkyrie composite experimental airplane for DreamWings
- Control system design for the DeamWings Valkyrie
- Preliminary design and analysis on the Kelly Space and Technology Second Generation Reusable Launch Vehicle under the NASA NRA8-27 contract.
- Aerodynamic model and weight/moments of inertia of the Raytheon KingAir 350 for SimCom
- Aerodynamic model and weight/moments of inertia of the Bombardier CRJ for SimCom
- Design verification, aerodynamic, stability and control support for a small business jet for Safire Aircraft.
- Performance analysis of a water bomber for Air Tractor.
- Preliminary design of a supersonic business jet for OrthoAir.
- Performance analysis for a twin-engine turboprop freighter airplane.
- Weights and performance analysis of a tiltrotor concept
- Horizontal tail analysis for a 2-seat amphibious airplane
- Aerodynamic model and weight/moments of inertia of the Mitsubishi MU-2 for SimCom
- Wind tunnel test for Safire Aircraft Company
- Preliminary design of a 4-seat business jet
- Loads analysis for the Snow S-22
- Conceptual design of a single engine 4-seat G.A. airplane
- Preliminary design of a personal air vehicle capable of vertical take-off
- Preliminary design of a twin engine 6-seat G.A. airplane
- Weights sizing and performance sizing for a small amphibious personal airplane
- Wind tunnel test management for Safire Aircraft
- Ground test development and test management for a propeller propulsion system
- Aerodynamic performance of windmill blades for K. Wetzel & Company
- Firewall forward design of an ATP turboprop powered Vans RV-6A for Rivers Aeronautical
- Aerodynamic model and weight/moments of inertia of the Piper Saratoga for The University of Kansas.
- Aerodynamic model and weight/moments of inertia of the Piper Aztec for The University of Kansas.
- Equations of motion for the tilt-boom concept for Freewing Flight Technologies, Inc.
- Airfoil and wing aerodynamic analysis for Thomas International.
- CFD analysis of a small business jet.
- Design verification of a UAV concept.
- Preliminary design of a jet powered UAV concept
- Preliminary design of a Sport Pilot class airplane for Composicraft.
- UAV database development for Thomas International.
- Patent support work for a VTOL concept.
- Parametric windmill blade design in Unigraphics for Wetzel Engineering
- Preliminary design verification of a 4-seat G.A. airplane.
- Speedbrake design for a small business jet.
- Competitor analysis for a small business jet manufacturer.
- VTOL Propulsion ground test.
- CAD drawings of the wing ribs of the WWII Mitsubishi Zero.
- CAD for a roadable aircraft concept.
- Windtunnel test and CFD work for a new propeller/windmill concept.
- Preliminary design of a transonic business jet.
- Design and wind tunnel testing of a wind measuring device.
- Test support for a VTOL UAV.
- Preliminary design of a roadable aircraft for Aerocar.
- CAD drawings for the horizontal tail of the WWII Mitsubishi Zero.
- Control system design for a VTOL UAV.
- Propeller/Rotor design for Freewing Flight Technologies, Inc.
- Preliminary design of the Milner AirCar.
- Design evaluation of the Hensley Wolf twin propeller pusher 4-seater.
- Preliminary design of a 4-seat G.A. Airplane.
- CFD analysis for the Milner AirCar.
- Wind tunnel test program management for a small business jet
- Design review for the Nexaer LS1
- Aerodynamic design and wind tunnel testing of a flying toy
- Wind Tunnel data analysis for a small business jet
- Design method development and design of a low-speed wind turbine for Hi-Q Products
- Preliminary design of a twin pusher G.A. airplane
- Initial structural analysis for Milner AirCar
- Design review for D-Star Engineering
- Design review for Finite Engineering
- Design review for Trolltune Corporation
- Design of a VTOL UAV for Freewing
- CFD Analysis on a wind mill rotor for Dynastrosi Laboratories
- Wind Tunnel program management for Piper Aircraft Corporation on the PiperJet
- Design review on a UAV
- Design review for an LSA
- Wind tunnel testing on a vertical axis wind mill for Dynastrosi Laboratories
- Wind tunnel testing of several low speed horizontal axis wind turbines for Hi-Q products
- CFD analysis on a vertical axis wind mill
- Wind Mill performance analysis for Wind Energy Corporation
- Wind Mill wind tunnel testing for Wind Energy Corporation
- Wind Mill structural analysis for Wind Energy Corporation
- CFD analysis for Milner AirCar
- Design and wind tunnel testing of several low speed wind mills for Hi-Q Products
- SkyDrill Vertical Axis wind turbine aerodynamic design, wind tunnel testing and structural design
- Design of a scaled Supermarine Spitfire
- Manufacturing of the Hi-Q #61 1KW Wind Mill
- Installation and full scale Testing of the Hi-Q #61 Wind Mill
- SkyDrill Vertical Axis wind turbine detailed design for manufacturing
- CFD analysis of a bird deflector system for jet engines
- Air Tractor Stability and Control Analysis
- The University of Kansas/NASA DC-8 Performance Effects of Antenna installations
- 100 KW Horizontal Axis Wind Mill Aerodynamic Design
- SkyDrill: Wind Mill System Dynamics Structural Analysis
- Samson Motorworks: Switchblade Preliminary Design Analysis
- Samson Motorworks: Switchblade wing mechanism Design
- Samson Motorworks: Display Mockup Construction
- Performance Sizing of a Supermarine Spitfire
Please Contact Dr. Willem Anemaat for additional information.