James Bearman AJ Brinker Dean Bryson Brian Gershkoff Kuo Guo Joseph Henrich Aaron Smith

 Overview  Business Case  Customer Needs  State of the Market: 2058  Competition  Potential Missions  Requirement Development  Benchmarking Data  Conclusion 2

 DC-3, Historical Perspective  Range  Capacity  Reliability  Success of the DC-3  Business Model  Captured a large Market Share  Technology expanded borders of flight 3

 Provide a versatile aircraft with medium range and capacity to meet the needs of a commercial aircraft market still expanding in the year 2058  Incorporate the latest in technology to provide reliability, efficiency, while fulfilling the need for an environmentally friendly transportation system  Possess the ability to operate at nearly any airfield 4

 Airlines  Short Runway Capability ▪ Hub and Spoke System ▪ Evolution of Flight Routes  Moderate Passenger Capacity ▪ Lower Cost than Jumbo Jets ▪ Promotes Full Flights  Appropriate Range ▪ Versatility in Flight Routes ▪ Cross-Continental not Required 5

 Charters  Small Airport Capability ▪ Demand to avoid hubs ▪ Increase speed of travel  Generous amount of Passengers and Cargo ▪ Enough space to carry an entire travel party in one plane ▪ Extra Space = Extra Cost 6

 Passenger Capacity  Large enough for medium-medium high demand travel routes  Small enough for chartered flights  Range  Long enough to fulfill most passenger needs  Shorter range reduces overall aircraft cost  Short Runway Capability allows flexibility in flight routings for all customers 7

Chart From Embraer 8

 Immediate (2008) demand for medium capacity aircraft  28,600 aircraft delivered in the next 20 years (Boeing)  56,000 aircraft delivered in the next 50 years  Majority of aircraft will be regional jet or single aisle  Our Aircraft  Fills gap between Regional and Single-Aisle  ESTOL capability  Generous Range  Expect to capture ~15% of market (8,500 aircraft) 9

 Science Fiction  Digital Communication  Other Transportation  Other Aircraft 10

 The Obvious  Transporters  Warp Drive  Jet Packs  Improbabilities  Flying Cars  Space Planes  Mag-Lev Cars 11

 What it can do  Communicate information over great distances  Give the illusion of people worldwide being in the same room  Be scheduled easily and activated quickly  Useful for meetings  What it can’t do  Provide perfect interaction  Compensate for time zones  Will not replace business travel, even on a global scale 12

 Automobiles  Alternative Energy Sources  Artificial Intelligence Vehicle Control  Faster Driving Speeds  Cannot achieve Aircraft Speeds, Safety, or Range  Rail  Higher Speeds  Low Environmental Impact  Excellent over Short Ranges  Cannot cross larger bodies of water  Speeds still too low over longer ranges  Infrastructure expansion slow and costly 13

 Bombardier  C-Series  CRJ Family  Embraer  Competition to C-Series  ERJ Family  E-Jet Family  Boeing  737 Family  New Aircraft Family  Airbus  A320 Family  New Aircraft Family  Cessna, Learjet, Gulfstream 14

Taxi Takeoff & Climb Step Cruise For Best Range Descend & Hold Land & Taxi Climb- Miss Approach Cruise Descend & Hold Land & Taxi  Schaumburg to North Las Vegas (1300 nmi)  Scheduled Commercial Route  Large City (Chicago) to Large City (Las Vegas)  Utilize Small/Regional Airport  South Bend to Burbank (1580 nmi)  Chartered Route (Notre Dame vs USC)  Maximize Convenience 15

Taxi TO & Climb Step Cruise For Best Range Descend & Hold Land & Taxi Climb- Miss Approach Cruise Descend & Hold Land & Taxi Cruise TO & Climb  Purdue University to University of Illinois to Cancun  Total Distance: 1200 nmi  Spring Break Charter  Small Cities to Major Tourist Destination Descend Land & Taxi 16

 Minneapolis to Los Angeles  Range: 1330 nmi  Hub to Hub  Connecting Flight in LAX  Landing on half of the runway Taxi Takeoff & Climb Step Cruise For Best Range Land & Taxi Climb- Miss Approach Cruise Descend & Hold Land & Taxi Spiral Descent 17

 House of Quality  “What’s”-Needs of the Customer  “How’s”-Requirements to meet the needs  Benchmarking  Historical Database Created  Used to develop performance estimates 18

 Customer Needs  Short Runway  Medium Range  Fast Cruise  Small Airport Capable  Comfortable to Passengers  Medium Passenger Capacity 19

Engineering Requirement ConditionTargetThreshold Takeoff Distance ≤ 2,500 ft3,500 ft Landing Distance ≤ 2,500 ft3,500 ft Takeoff Weight ≤ 80,000 lb100,000 lb Range ≥ 1800 nm1500 nm Maximum Cruise Speed ≥ 0.85 M0.8 M Maximum Passenger Capacity ≥

 Current aircraft used in benchmarking: (circa 2008)  Boeing 737-family  Airbus A320-family  Embraer ▪ ERJ-family ▪ E-Series  Canadair ▪ CRJ-family ▪ C-series  All data obtained from manufacturers’ websites and Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft 21

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 Composites  Active Aeroelastic Wings  Morphing Winglets  Energy Harvesting  Magnetic Bearings  Continuous Mold Line Control Systems  Thrust Vectoring  Blown Flaps  GPS Precision Approaches  Unducted Fans  Artificial Intelligence Navigation 25

 Medium Range, Medium Capacity Aircraft  Reasonable Targets for all Engineering Parameters  Versatile Mission Profile  Realistic Estimation of Future Market  Potential to become extremely popular, very widely used aircraft 26

 Begin Cost Estimations  Additional Sizing Analysis  Initial Design Choices  Fuselage Layout  Aerodynamic Variables  Engine Choice  Continue Advanced Technology Research 27