Aircraft Design Software

ADS-PRO V440 – new features

General

• Choise of the Units
  
  • m | kg | s | km/h
  • m | kg | s | kts
  • ft | lb | s | mph
  • ft | lb | s | kts

Engine

• IC Engine: variation of SFC with Power and Rpm

Control Surfaces / High Lift Devices

• Easier definition
• Automatic 3D-Display
• Check if overlap (change in color and warning messages)

Display additional information on the UI

Add new technical notes/validation reports

ADS-PRO V440 – bug fixes

• Twin-Tail: the symmetric tail is miscalculated on the 2D-Line editor when moving one cross-section in Y
• Save File: remove whitespace from both sides of the file names (if any)
• Other minor fixes
  

ADS-PRO V439 – new features

General

• Compute airplane wetted area based on reference or true area (function of design context)
• The reference geometry of a VTail is imposed to be trapezoidal

Engine

• User defined Specific Fuel Consumption and Engine Installation Factor

Aerodynamics

• List airfoil candidates (Reverse Engineering, Performance Analysis)
• List airfoil candidates for a given flight condition defined by a lift coefficient and a Reynolds Number.
• User defined miscellaneous drag coefficient to take into account extra drag generated by external components (gimbal camera...) or protrusions...

Display additional information on the UI

Add new technical notes/validation reports

ADS-PRO V439 – bug fixes

• Impossible to insert a new control station in front of the last one without refreshing the body before
• Miscalculation of the total fuel capacity with fuel tanks in tailbooms
• Miscalculation of the ground position for a UAV without landing gear
• Miscalculation of the equivalent deflection of the elevator and rudder for a ruddervator
• Trim drag for negative control surface deflection
• Impossible to compute a canard configuration with tailboom in Design Level 1
• Incomplete list of airfoil candidates for some sorting values
• Wheel fairing generated with default dimensions
• Other minor fixes

ADS-PRO V438 – new features

General

• Possibility to model flaperons
• Compute taper ratio for lifting surfaces with multi trpezoidal sections
• Airplane wetted area computed from true areas
• Compute drag (CS, HLD): limit the deflection to the max/min values
• Change process: don't reset the mass fudge factor
• Load dataset: display all missing files together
• Output/Process Window: don't display the same message consecutively

3D Geometry

• LCL Editor: avoid having 2 points with the same coordinates
• CtS Editor: prevent moving red points (their position is ONLY defined from LCL Editor)

Control Surfaces/High Lift Devices

• Press F5 to refresh the geometry and position (not done automatically)

Propellers

• Add new propeller charts (2-blades propeller)

Landing Gear

• Wheel has brakes: initialize the symmetric brake

Performance

• Stall: add flap settings
• Takeoff/Landing: add runway surface
• Takeoff: display drag breakdown if not possible to accelerate to VLoff

Processing

• Design Level 1: add information (engine nominal power imposed by...)
• Performance Analysis: compute empty weight with a constant mass fudge factor
• Performance Analysis: display pitch angle for variable pitch propeller

Advanced Parameters

• Add fudge factor applied in ground effect on the drag increment due to the deflection of the CS/HLD

Battery Database

• Limit the number of data

Display additional information on the UI

Add new technical notes/validation reports

ADS-PRO V438 – bug fixes

• Interference drag due to flap/aileron deflection: remove the ground effect because already included in profile drag increment
• 3D-Model not updated when airfoil is changed
• The vertical displacement of a CtS is not displayed on the CtS Line Editor
• 3D-Model of a winglet not updated when airfoil of the last wing section is changed
• Not possible to load an airplane with tailboom and cargobay, cargodoors
• Not possible to generate a fuel tank in a tailboom
• Impossible to compute total volume of fuel if one component has more than one tank
• Impossible to display the results Quality when some results are not numerical values
• Impossible to compute the interference drag for Light Business and Light Transport Categories
• Impossible to stretch a body without refreshing it before (dataset created in a former version)
• Miscalculation of the MAC position in the chord direction of a multi trapezoidal lifting surface
• Other minor fixes

ADS-PRO V437 – new features

General

• Check the name of a dataset
• Display tips at the opening of a new session
• Update data in the treeview when modified during the run

Propellers

• Add new propeller charts
• Add information about propeller performance (efficiency, activity factors...)
• Add advanced parameters to improve the computation for extreme configurations (large diameter, high power...)

Systems

• Fuel systems: compute tank volume based on the 3D-Model of the tank
• Fuel systems: check the consistence between the total volume and the sum of each tank volume

Processing

• Track changes: display the differences in results between two successive runs (great !)
• Lift distribution: update the lift slope at the position of the bodies (fuselage, nacelles, tailbooms)

3D-Display

• Improve the generation of the bodies (smoother)
• Add blades on propeller disc (visual check of the number of blades)

Display additional information on the UI

Add new technical notes/validation reports

ADS-PRO V437 – bug fixes

• 3D-Model of a body: difficulty to get a smooth shape
• Maximum rate of climb performance: lift curve slope not computed
• Engine enveloppe: not allowed to put it at the reference point
• Rudder display: incorrect on multi trapezoidal surface
• Incidence of wing sections for multi trapezoidal geometry
• Remove airplane from current session not allowed
• VTail: equivalent horizontal tail geometry for boom mounted
• Display new ailerons on 3D-Model
• Remove and save the last airplane from the treeview
• Compute fuel tank capacity (lifting surface)
• Other minor fixes

ADS-PRO V436 – new features

General

• Add results (definition of terms for different tables)
• Add information in the Output/Process windows
• Add information in the data description window

High Lift Devices

• If several high lift devices on the same lifting surface, possibility to define different angles of deflection

Propellers

• Compute activity factor based on engine nominal power
• Update propeller efficiency according to activity factor

Takeoff and Landing Performance

• Improve the accuracy (based on validation process)
• Split friction on braked and not braked wheels
• Adjust the drag generated by the high lift devices
• Adjust the effect of headwind

Stability

• Modification in the computation of the CG most forward position

Processing

• Possibility to compute the propeller efficiency from propeller charts or from polynomial equation

Seaplane

• Display a message if the seaplane model was not generated with a step

Display additional information on the UI

Add new technical notes/validation reports

ADS-PRO V436 – bug fixes

• Compute airfoil a0 for low Reynolds Number (need to be approximated)
• Compute exposed area for vertical tail
• Delete image files (2D Line Editor) before saving the files
• Performance analysis with 5-Blades propeller
• Display computed masses with a specific fudge factor
• Installation efficiency for propeller mounted on nacelle
• Number of operative propeller (Design Level 1)
• Initialize mass of batteries (Design Level 2)
• Update VTail position when the wing position and geometry are modified
• Minimum number of ribs (4)
• Other minor fixes

ADS-PRO V435 – new features

General

• Add additional results (Mass)
• Add information in the Output/Process Windows
• Add Message Box in the definition of Advanced Parameters
• Identification of "Read Only" Data with [ ]

Performance

• Compute and display the Speed Polar (Performance Analysis)
• Compute and display the Payload Range Chart (Performance Analysis)

Display additional information on the UI

Add new technical notes/validation reports

ADS-PRO V435 – bug fixes

• Bodies (force same shape and align section): the sections are forced in circumscribed rectangle
• Load a dataset created with a "higher" license
• Tools: Load Airplane if not equipped with the selected system
• Tools: mass of horizontal tail and vertical tail not computed
• Other minor fixes

ADS-PRO V434 – new features

General

• Define the most critical engine (multi-engine aircraft)

3D-Model

• Vertical Tail may be moved below the fuselage or tailboom
  
• Update the symmetric vertical tail

Performance

• Takeoff: take intoo account the ground effect to compute the lift coefficient
• Compute performance OEI with the most critical engine
• Propeller efficiency: extrapolate if pitch angle is lower than 15° (lower limit: 10°)

Display additional information on the UI

Add new technical notes/validation reports

ADS-PRO V434 – bug fixes

• Generation of the 3D-Model if 2 control stations are too close from each other
• Twin Vertical Tail: update symmetric
• Update fuselage shape if the second control station is in front of the first one
• Takeoff with ducted propeller
• Other minor fixes

ADS-PRO V433 – new features

General

• Additional input for reverse engineering process
• Check missing data before a run

Performance

• Multi-Engine: compute performance with OEI
  
• Takeoff: compute performance @MxTO power setting
• Landing: add free roll time

Display additional information on the UI

Add new technical notes/validation reports

ADS-PRO V433 – bug fixes

• New Airplane: no initialisation of the lifting surface standard geometry
  
• Load aircraft without making a run before: no initialisation of the lifting surface standard geometry
• Turbopropeller: check engine data if no reverse
  
• Reverse Engineering with a 5-Blades Propeller
• Other minor fixes

ADS-PRO V432 – new features

General

• All moving horizontal tail (stabilator)
• Add information in the TreeView to make easier the definition of the 3D-Model (areas, distances)
  
• Posiibility to launch some calculations from the TreeView: geometry, stability derivatives, airfoil candidates, costs...

3D-Model

• VTail mounted on fuselage: allow to define the Y position
  
• Systems/Other: allow to define the Y and Z position
• Gear fairing: allow to define the X position
• Compute the CG from the 3D geometry (lifting surface, fuselage, fuel tanks)
  

Performance

• Oswald efficiency factor computed from lift distribution
  
• Fuselage drag coefficient for pusher/tractor configuration
• Cruise flight condition: add power setting
• Takeoff: add rotation time
• Landing: add free roll time and rolling friction coefficient brakes on
• Propeller installation factor: take into account the shape and size of the body behind it
  

Display additional information on the UI

Add new technical notes

ADS-PRO V432 – bug fixes

• Load new license file and remove the dataset
  
• Ducted propeller: position and geometry
• Boxwing: default geometry
• Display headwind speed for takeoff and landing
• Tailboom default shape (engine nacelle type)
• Initialize CG location (performance analysis/Stall)
• Takeoff run: compute speed until liftoff speed
• Lifting surface shadded area
• Design level 1, seaplane: update takeoff curve
• Update engine position: Z
• Propeller efficiency if pitch angle higher than 45°
• Maximum lift increment for twin engine, wing mounted
• Twin vertical tail configuration to single vertical tail
• Takeoff flap deflection initialized to 0
• Other minor fixes

ADS-PRO V431 – new features

General

• Design of Seaplanes (Flyingboat) - Reverse Engineering, Design Level 1 & 2, Performance Analysis
  
• Add contextual menus (compute geometry, costs...)

3D-Model

• New components (Hulls, Floats, Struts
  
• Display ground and water surface
  

Performance

• Takeoff and Landing on water surface
  
• Influence of headwind
  

Export

• Hulls and Floats

Display additional information on the UI

Add new technical notes

ADS-PRO V431 – bug fixes

• Initialize Control Lines (Offset, DZ)
  
• Update 3D-Model wheninserting New Control Station
• Display 2D Line Editor make the Property Display Window empty
  
• Insert Control Station
• Update Line Editor (modification on circular Control Station)
• Change engine type for multi engine configuration
• Change propeller diameter
• Other minor fixes

ADS-PRO V430 – new features

General

• V-Tail Configuration
  
• Gull-Wing Configuration
• Folding Wing
• Compute/Display the area of the lifting surface during the Reverse Engineering and Performance Analysis data acquisition process
• Check engine dataset before making a run

3D-Model

• Display in transparency the reference lifting surface
  
• Rotation of the Cross Sections (function of the dihedral angle)
• Function key F6 to hide the selected component
• Function key F7 to display all components

Display additional information on the UI

Add new technical notes

ADS-PRO V430 – bug fixes

• Wing strut (force incidence and twist to 0)
  
• Strut default shape (compute geometry)
• Change classification when LCL Editor is loaded
• List Missing Data (missing data remaining at root position)
• Default structure on multi Vertical Tail configuration
• Default structure on Canard Configuration
• Control Surface and High Lift Devices Geometry for multi trapezoidal section
• Force initialisation of the standard geometry if Process with No Solution
• Update fuel tank geometry
• Initialisation of the number of tailboom
• Other minor fixes

ADS-PRO V429 – new features

General

• Strut-Braced Wing Configuration
  
• Improve Twin-Boom Design Configuration
  

Display additional information on the UI

Add new technical notes

ADS-PRO V429 – bug fixes

• Side Force due to Sideslip Derivative (VT-Boom Mounted)
• Other minor fixes

ADS-PRO V428 – new features

General

• Ducted Fan design capability (4-5 Blades, 0.8m-1.8m)
  
• Landing Gear: Improve the computation of the CG position for retracted and extended position

3D-Model

• Update CG position in real time with component position
  
• Update AC position in real time with component size and position
• Display the Ducted Fan on the LCL Editor

Performance

• Determine the best duct size to generate the thrust
  

Database

• New airplanes: CEA308, RFB Fantrainer F400, Edgley Optica, Glasair III
  
• Ducted Fan: Performance tables (4-5 blades, 0.8-1.8m)
• New airfoils: LS(1)0417
• New engines: Jabiru 2200, PT6A, Allison 250

Display additional information on the UI

Add new technical notes

ADS-PRO V428 – bug fixes

• Reverse Engineering: Update the length of the tailboom during the run
• Reset View: Unloading 3D-View
• Other minor fixes

ADS-PRO V427 – new features

General

• Check Cfe value when computed from Reverse Engineering
  
• Check file name before saving
  
• Add messages if components are oversized
  

Display additional information on the UI

Add new technical notes

ADS-PRO V427 – bug fixes

• Control Line Editor (Nacelle & Tailboom): Force initialization (align bleu points with red points) in order to avoid the use of the Control Line Editor
  
• Control Line Editor: unexpected DZ for CtS(1) and CtS(3)
  
• Cabin and Flight Deck: Update geometry before computing geometry
  
• Occupant: default standing position
  
• Tails relative area: computed from reference area
  
• Control Stations: Update relative position (%) if the last one is moved
• Main and Auxiliary Gear: Mass computation (Raymer Method)
• Fuel tank: Update geometry (Fuselage and Taiboom tanks)
• Other minor fixes

ADS-PRO V426 – new features

General

• Check fuel tank volume (Performance Analysis)
• Default Geometry (Light-Twin-Engine): Limite the number of Control Stations
• Results: Display static margin for Cruise, Best Range and Best Endurance

3D-Model

• Display graph to manage blended values for CSP, DZ and Offset
  
• Display Wetted Area Plot
  
• Display Volume Plot
• Display airplane MAC based on the reference geometry of the wing

Performance

• Best Range optimisation: Control on maximum power setting for cruise
  
• Best Endurance optimisation: Control on maximum power setting for Cruise

Display additional information on the UI

Add new technical notes

ADS-PRO V426 – bug fixes

• Compute default CG position for Canard Configuration
  
• Compute the 3D-Model of the fuel tank (Fuselage)
  
• Compute the propeller rpm (Fixed-Pitch Propeller, Partial-Power)
  
• Tangent interpolation for 3D-Model (bodies)
• Update Nacelle geometry while loading
  
• Other minor fixes

ADS-PRO V425 – new features

General

• List Airfoil Candidates from airfoil database (+1300) (the best airfoils for the main flight condition)
• List Engines form engine database (engine of same technology)
• Check for missing entities before computing
  
• Add option Refresh in Real-Time (LCL & CtS Line Editor)

Airfoil Database

• +1300 airfoils

Display additional information on the UI

Add new technical notes

ADS-PRO V425 – bug fixes

• Takeoff altitude (results display)
  
• Change process while LCL Editor is loaded
  
• Default geometry for UAV
• Update symmetric (Nacelle, Tailboom, Engine Pylon)
• Tangent interpolation for 3D-Model (bodies)
• Propeller blade number (same number)
• Engine position modification during Reverse Engineering
• Computing with missing entities
• Other minor fixes

ADS-PRO V424 – new features

General

• Add option to compute the aerodynamic with the parabolic drag approximation
  
• Add rate of climb table (for different flight weight)
• Improve takeoff performance calculation

Display additional information on the UI

Add new technical notes

ADS-PRO V424 – bug fixes

• Fix Control Point position on Longitudinal Control Line Editor (top view)
  
• Fix mass of wing with fuel tank (toolbox)
• Other minor fixes

ADS-PRO V423 – new features

General

• Point displacement on Longitudinal Control Lines (Mouse Down + Shift: vertical ONLY, Mouse Down + Ctrl: vertical ONLY)
  
• Don't save the session if On-Line Registered
• Don't load the airplane if one airfoil data file is misssing
  
• Add the flight description in information messages
  
• Add information about the selected standard geometry if not appropriated with the current geometry

ADS-PRO V423 – bug fixes

• Fix Engine pylon display on 2D Line Editor
  

ADS-PRO V422 – new features

Model Canard/Tandem Configuration

• Reverse Engineering
  
• Feasability Analysis
• Conceptual Design
  
• Performance Analysis
  

Improve algorithms

• Aerodynamic loads on lifting surfaces
  
• Control Surface deflection
• CG-Range
• Stability Derivatives
  
• Stall performance: stall departure location
• Static Stability: computed from static margin
• Takeoff and Landing performnace: reduction of calculation time
  
• Generation of Airfoil dataset

Add new checks during the run

• Trim lift and maximum control surface deflection

Airfoil Database:

• Add new property: Is Used For

Longitudinal Control Lines Editor and Control Stations Editor

• Add wheel fairings
  

Display additional information on the UI

Add new technical notes

ADS-PRO V422 – bug fixes

• Fix Engine envelope for pusher engine (Turbopropeller, Electric Motor)
• Fix VT position for a twin-boom configuration
• Fix Control Surface position for a twin-boom configuration
• Fix Airfoil Dataset generation via XFoil
• Fix Wing Chord dimension greater than 0
• Fix Initialize fuel tanks in booms while loading
• Fix save file if no valid license
• Fix missing engine characteristics (TP)
• Fix the modification (tractor / pusher) is not taken into account in the 2D line editor of the LCL and CtS
• Fix List of missing data (Aircraft & Prop)
• Fix Contour Lines display for engine pylons
• Fix Contour Lines display is circular fuselage shape
• Fix Y-position of mid-engine during design level 1 & 2
• Fix Ri for a push-pull configuration (Design Level 1)
• Fix VT position if HT-Mounted
• Fix Loading Missing Engine File
• Fix Pylon (LS) Geometry computation
• Fix stability derivatives if no aileron selected
• Fix uncheck HLD after stopping execution
• Other minor fixes

ADS-PRO V419 – new features

Focus on the reverse engineering analysis

• Geometry, propulsion
• Performance: cruise, climb, takeoff, landing and stall performance analysis
• Aerodynamic analysis
• Quality analysis
• Statistical analysis

Engine envelope created by default (single cylinder)

Compute equivalent friction coefficient for parabolic drag polar and shift-do-to-camber drag polar

Display additional information on the UI

Add new technical notes

ADS-PRO V419 – bug fixes

• Fix crash if request to display statistics
• Fix volume coefficient computation (not computed during reverse-engineering analysis and performance analysis)
• Improve propeller efficiency calculation for a fixed pitch propeller in Level Flight
• Improve results display for stall performance if no high lift device selected
• Other minor fixes

ADS-PRO V418 – new features

Compute the performance of an airliner:

• Cruise performance
• Payload chart
• Drag tables and charts
• SAR tables and charts
• Mission table and charts

Model airliners

• Turbofan engines
• Interior: cabin, flight deck, cargo bays, gear bays
• Doors: passenger, emergency, cargo doors, gear doors
• Structure: ribs, spars, frames

Add turbofan database

Improve installation efficiency for propeller driven airplane

Display additional information on the UI

Add new technical notes

ADS-PRO V418 – bug fixes

• Fix the generation of the fuselage 3D-Model 
• Fix error message display when New Airplane + Select category
• Fix crash if lifting surface section has a relative position lower than 1m
• Fix refresh of the Memo content if Check Data selected
• Fix initialization of the trapezoidal section index at 100% position along the span
• Fix image import on the Top-View. The imported image must have a width greater than the height. A warning message is displayed if this is not the case.
• Fix the change of lifting surface incidence. Not relayed to cross sections
• Other minor fixes