# Air Vehicle Design

## MANE-4230

Conceptual and preliminary design of manned and unmanned air vehicles to satisfy given mission requirements and aircraft specifications. Includes elements of initial sizing and weights, geometry selection, aerodynamic design, propulsion integration, stability and control, loads, structural design, materials, manufacturability, and cost analysis. This is a communication-intensive course.

3 credits Communication Intensive
Prereqs:
MANE-4060 Aerospace Struc & Materials
and
one of:
MANE-4070 Aerodynamics MANE-4090 Flight Mechanics

# Past Term Data
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| Spring | Summer | Fall
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2026

Air Vehicle Design (3c) [CI]

- Luiz Victor Repolho Cagliari
- Kevin Wayne Housley

Seats Taken: 47/100

2025

Air Vehicle Design (3c) [CI]

- Luiz Victor Repolho Cagliari
- Kevin Wayne Housley

Seats Taken: 30/60

2024

Air Vehicle Design (3c) [CI]

- Luiz Victor Repolho Cagliari
- Kevin Wayne Housley

Seats Taken: 42/50

2023

Air Vehicle Design (3c) [CI]

- Luiz Victor Repolho Cagliari
- Kevin Wayne Housley

Seats Taken: 54/56

2022

Air Vehicle Design (3c) [CI]

- Amir Hirsa

Seats Taken: 45/60

2021

Air Vehicle Design (3c) [CI]

- Kevin Wayne Housley
- Amir Hirsa

Seats Taken: 42/0

2020

Air Vehicle Design (3c) [CI]

- James Elliot Young
- Michael Amitay

Seats Taken: 46/77

2019

Air Vehicle Design (3c) [CI]

- Michael Amitay

Seats Taken: 29/40

2018

Air Vehicle Design (3c) [CI]

- Amir Hirsa

Seats Taken: 30/40

2017

Air Vehicle Design (3c) [CI]

- Amir Hirsa

Seats Taken: 27/40

2016

Air Vehicle Design (3c) [CI]

- Susan Lynn Miller
- Amir Hirsa

Seats Taken: 46/0

2015

Air Vehicle Design (3c) [CI]

- Amir Hirsa

Seats Taken: 29/40

2014

Air Vehicle Design (3c) [CI]

- Zvi Rusak

Seats Taken: 25/60

2013

Air Vehicle Design (3c) [CI]

- Wallace James Morris

Seats Taken: 47/60

2012

Air Vehicle Design (3c) [CI]

- Wallace James Morris

Seats Taken: 33/60

2011

Air Vehicle Design (3c) [CI]

- Wallace James Morris

Seats Taken: 43/80

2010

Air Vehicle Design (3c) [CI] [WI]

- Wallace James Morris

Seats Taken: 51/0

2009

Air Vehicle Design (3c) [CI] [WI]

- Michael Amitay

Seats Taken: 48/45

2008

Air Vehicle Design (3c) [WI]

- Michael Amitay

Seats Taken: 29/32

2007

Fixed-wing Aircraft Design (3c) [WI]

- Michael Amitay

Seats Taken: 35/32

2006 |  |  |

2005

Fixed-wing Aircraft Design (3c) [WI]

- Michael Amitay

Seats Taken: 29/32

2004

Fixed-wing Aircraft Design (3c) [WI]

- Michael Amitay

Seats Taken: 24/32

2003

Fixed-wing Aircraft Design (3c) [WI]

- Zvi Rusak

Seats Taken: 26/30

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