Aerospace Toolbox 2.1

Product Description

• Introduction and Key Features
• Working with Environmental Models
• Converting Units and Transforming Coordinate Systems
• Performing Parameter Calculations, Time Calculations, and Quaternion Math
• Importing Digital Datcom Aerodynamic Coefficients
• Visualizing Flight Data

Performing Parameter Calculations, Time Calculations, and Quaternion Math

Aerospace Toolbox implements utilities for flight parameter calculations, time calculations, and quaternion math operations, such as the conjugate, division, inverse, and modulus.

The flight parameter utilities let you calculate these common parameters: relative pressure, density, and temperature ratios; equivalent airspeed; calibrated airspeed; Mach number; dynamic pressure; and, for a given geocentric latitude, planet radius. With the time calculation utilities, you can compute Julian dates, decimal year, and leap year.

Parasite, induced, and total drag curves (left) for a Cessna 172 created by using Aerospace Toolbox unit conversion utilities, atmospheric models, and flight parameter calculations (below, left). The best glide velocity, indicated by an arrow, corresponds to the minimum value of drag on the total drag curve. Click on image to see enlarged view.

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