A four-seat light airplane design

• Main Authors: Muhamad, Sallehuddin, Hamid, Khairul Azura
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/5475/1/sallehuddinmuhamad2003_afourseatlightairplanedesign.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/5475/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Malaysia produces two-seat light airplane through two firms, SME Aerospace Sdn. Bhd. and Eagle Aircraft Sdn. Bhd. As these airplanes are limited to recreational, flight training and acrobatic activities, a four-seat airplane was proposed. Financed by the Ministry of Science and Technology, a research team was formed. The new airplane was designed based on the SME two-seat airplane, the MD3-160 using Professor Jan Roskam methodology. In the process, AutoCAD® and General Aviation Computer Aided Design® software were utilized. Preliminary results indicated that the designed four-seat airplane has better performance than the original two-seat airplane and at the same time staying very competitive in comparison to others in its class. The airplane also is very stable and possessing the Level 1 flying qualities.