Applied Aero Links
Applied Aerodynamics Group Webpages - Top Links
- UIUC Airfoil Data Site - Airfoil coordinates and links
- UIUC Low-Speed Airfoil Tests - Low Reynolds number aerodynamics
- The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage - Airfoils used on aircraft database
- Selig Publications
- UIUC Aerospace Engineering Dept
Wind Energy
- NREL National Wind Technology Center
- Sandia Wind Energy Technology
- Risø Wind Energy Division
- Wind Turbine Aerodynamics (Danish Wind Industry Association)
Flight Simulation and Aircraft
- FlightGear
- Aircraft Models for FlightGear
- X-Plane
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- Bihrle Applied Research, Inc.
- Wright Flyer Online
- Aircraft 3-view drawings
- Many more 3-view drawings
- NASA Blended Wing Body news
- Project Ornithopter
- FAS UAVs Data/Pubs Inventory
- AR-5 Homebuilt Article
- Swift Foot-Launched Sailplane
- Princeton University: Aircraft Flight Dynamics (MAE 331) - includes many good links
- Wiki - Aviation Accidents and Incidents
University Team Aircraft Design Competitions
- AIAA Student Design/Build/Fly (DBF) Competition
- SAE Aero Design Competition
- AUVS Aerial Robotics Competition
Software, Online Tools, Calculators, Data and Resources
- XFOIL for airfoil design and analysis
- PROFOIL-WWW for airfoil design on the web
- NASA Glenn: FoilSim interactive airfoil simulator
- Aerodynamics for Model Aircraft / Hepperle
- Airfoil droplet trajectory calculation
- Online airfoil panel code
- Applied Aero Digital Text
- Downloadable Aerodynamics Software
- Standard Atmosphere Properties
- NASA Public Domain Aeronautical Software
Aerodynamics Course Materials
- Virginia Tech: Applied Computational Aerodynamics, and more
- Univ of Maryland: ENAE 631 - Helicopter Aerodynamics I
- Univ of Maryland: ENAE 632 - Helicopter Aerodynamics II
- TU Delft: Aerodynamics Courses
- Stanford: AA 208 - Aerodynamic Modeling for Simulation and Control
- MIT Open Courseware Aerospace Index
- Penn State: Hands-on Radio Control Aircraft
- University of Sydney: Aerodynamics for Students
- NASA Glenn: Beginner's Guide to Aerodynamics
- See How It Flies - John Denker
Websites, Groups, Organizations
- eFluids.com media galleries
- Aerospaceweb.org
- UIUC Applied Aerodynamics Group
- UIUC Aircraft Icing Research Group
- UIUC Smart Icing System Project
- NASA Homepage
- NASA Aeronautics (news)
- DLR Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology, Braunschweig
- Onera Applied Aerodynamics
- NREL National Wind Technology Center
- Risø Wind Energy
- Stanford Aircraft Aerodynamics and Design Group
- UC Davis Applied Aerodynamics Research Group
- Georgia Tech Experimental Aerodynamics Group
- TU Delft
- University of Glasgow Low Speed Aerodynamics Group Research Group
- The University of Newcastle - Wind Energy Group
- Academy of Model Aircraft
- National Air and Space Museum: Aeronautics Division
Aerospace Companies
- Boeing
- Airbus
- Lockheed Martin
- Northrop Grumman
- Gulfstream (General Dynamics)
- Raytheon
- Cessna
- Scaled Composites
- AeroVironment
- The Insitu Group
- Aurora Flight Sciences
- General Atomics
- Groen Brothers Aviation
News Magazines
Publications, Reports, Historical
- NASA Technical Reports Server
- NASA Dryden Technical Reports Server
- Memoirs of NACA Pilot Bob Champine
- UIUC Grainger Engineering Library
- Hoerner's Fluid Dynamic Lift and Drag
- NASA History SP publications online
- More NASA History publications
- "Wind tunnels of NASA," NASA SP-440
- "Introduction to the Aerodynamics of Flight," NASA SP-367 (Talay)
- "Quest for Performance: The Evolution of Modern Aircraft," NASA SP-468
- "Subsonic Aircraft: Evolution and the Matching of Size to Performance,"
NASA RP-1060 (Loftin). [Download: NASA_RP-1060.pdf, 12 MB] - Propeller History
Misc Interesting Applied Aerodynamics Problems/Projects
- Bicycle Aerodynamics
- Mesicopters
- Decavitator Human-Powered Hydrofoil
- Aerodynamics in Sports Equipment
- Speed Sailing
- Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Links to Links, References
- Maxwell AFB Unmanned Systems bibliography
- Princeton University: Aircraft Flight Dynamics (MAE 331)
- More Links to Aero Reports Online
- Links from Georgia Tech
- Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International
- Cranfield Lib Aerodynamics and CFD Links
- CFD Online Links
- Aircraft Design Sites - maintained by Dan Raymer
- Bird and Insect Flight References
- Google Web: Science > Technology > Aerospace > Aeronautics > Aerodynamics
- NASA Legacy CD (full text images for 179 NACA/NASA reports - 10,000 pages of documentation)
- NASA Legacy CD - Publications List
Conversion Factors
- Units Conversion: (Ref http://po.path.med.umich.edu/conversiontxt.htm).