SAWE Report - Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
SAWE Report - Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
SAWE Report - Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
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Abstract<br />
<strong>Cal</strong> <strong>Poly</strong> proudly presents the Vendetta, a supersonic bomber designed to meet the criterion<br />
specified by the AIAA 2001/2002 Undergraduate Team Aircraft Design Request for Proposal.<br />
The mission to be flown by the Vendetta consists of a 1,750 nautical mile radius, all of which<br />
must be flown at Mach 1.6 at or above 50,000 feet. The aircraft must have low frontal radar<br />
cross-section and also be capable of dropping a 9,000-pound weapons payload. The Vendetta is<br />
being designed to replace the stealthy F-117 Nighthawk and B-2 Spirit as well as the supersonic<br />
F-15 Eagle and B-1 Lancer. The Vendetta’s current takeoff gross weight is 125,000 pounds and<br />
its empty weight is 57,000 pounds. Furthermore, an analysis from a low observables standpoint<br />
has been made possible by publicly accessible RCS code. The component weight buildup of the<br />
Vendetta has been developed using both class I and class II methodologies as well as by<br />
assigning mass properties to an actual solid model of the aircraft. Several challenges concerning<br />
the balance of the aircraft have been introduced by the immediate and abrupt shift in the<br />
aerodynamic center due to the acceleration from subsonic to supersonic Mach numbers.<br />
Solutions to this problem have been developed and will be presented in the report.<br />
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