RCAIDE.Library.Methods.Mass_Properties.Weight_Buildups.Conventional.General_Aviation.Raymer.compute_vertical_tail_weight

compute_vertical_tail_weight

compute_vertical_tail_weight(wing, vehicle)

Calculate the weight of the vertical fin of an aircraft without the weight of the rudder and then calculate the weight of the rudder

Source:

Raymer, Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach (pg 460 in 4th edition)

Inputs:

S_v - area of the vertical tail (combined fin and rudder) [meters**2] M_w -mass of wing [kilograms] AR_v -aspect ratio of vertial tail [dimensionless] sweep_v - sweep angle of the vertical tail [radians] q_c - dynamic pressure at cruise [Pascals] taper_v - taper ratio of vertical tail [dimensionless] t_c_v -thickness to chord ratio of wing [dimensionless] Nult - ultimate load of the aircraft [dimensionless] TOW - maximum takeoff weight of the aircraft [kilograms] S_gross_w - wing gross area [meters**2] t_tail - flag to determine if aircraft has a t-tail [dimensionless] rudder_fraction - fraction of the vertical tail that is the rudder [dimensionless]

Outputs:

output - a dictionary with outputs:

W_tail_vertical - weight of the vertical fin portion of the vertical tail [kilograms]

Assumptions:

Vertical tail weight is the weight of the vertical fin without the rudder weight.