Answer by Richard for How are Aircraft Noses Designed?
The shape will be driven almost purely by functional concerns. How are those functional concerns tkane into account? It's not aircraft noses specifically, but the paper "Geometric Programming for...
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Research Area rule for how these things were arrived at pre-digital era.
View ArticleAnswer by John K for How are Aircraft Noses Designed?
It's mostly because of one of the most attractive things about aviation (shared with the marine world to a large degree). Form and function, aerodynamic necessity and aesthetics tend to coincide....
View ArticleAnswer by verandaguy for How are Aircraft Noses Designed?
Aesthetics are by far and away the last thing aircraft designers are optimising for. A better question might be, why do aerodynamically-efficient designs look pleasing, but that would likely be an art...
View ArticleHow are Aircraft Noses Designed?
Look at the Learjet, Embraer and Boeing noses which are kinda pointy - drag efficiency aside, how do they come to the final design of the nose? I’m talking from an aesthetic point of view - how do...
View ArticleAnswer by Shahmeer Naqvi for How are Aircraft Noses Designed?
It's a question between aerodynamics, weight, and centre of gravity. if it is pointier it is more aerodynamic, but heavier, and moves the COG forward. Laminar flow and weather radar have to be...
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