I've still been working on the buffet loads predictions on the Hawker Horizon business jet. I recently got better comparisons with wind tunnel data by computing the wing bend of the wind tunnel model, and putting that bend into the computational model. It really helped get better answers. Next, I need to improve the turbulence models. I am starting to make wing ribs.
Ribs are the metal pieces that help form the special airfoil shape of the wing.
This is the slowest part of building the airplane. After the ribs are finished, everything else will go pretty fast. I've still been working on the buffet loads predictions on the Hawker Horizon business jet. I recently got better comparisons with wind tunnel data by computing the wing bend of the wind tunnel model, and putting that bend into the computational model. It really helped get better answers.