Case Analysis Aircraft

Aircraft case analysis

Case Analysis – Aircraft Performance

Introduction

One of the areas that have seen tremendous evolution is in the aviation industry. Actually there have been great improvements in the design and performance from piston engine driven air crafts as those experienced early in the 20th century and before the world war to the state of art high performing aircraft that are present at the moment. Additional to this, research and development are carried out on the existing plane, with a possible further enhancement in the future. The key factor that propelled the evolution of the fighter jet aircrafts is the performance and this was realized through adept design, the change in the use of materials from heavy to light materials, increased technology that led to development of state of art jets, and increased demand for the aircraft that resulted in the increased production of jet aircraft as is the case at the moment.

Diagnosis of Issues and problems

In the analysis of the pioneer Jet fighters, the problem will be based on German Messerschmitt Me 262, which made its first flight in 1942.The pioneer jet fighters were propeller driven air craft with piston engine that powered them. The design of the wing was still under developed as they were straight, had thick airfoils and were not appropriate for high speed range and the system for directional, lateral and longitudinal control were operated manually as there were no power boosts, which made the then jet engine low thrust compared to the contemporary ones (Heslehurst, 2009). The materials used were relatively heavy and thus, they could not perform as high as the contemporary ones. The production capacity by then was still minimal as the aircraft manufacturing technology was still underdeveloped. Generally the performance of jet fighter aircraft and engines were still low and hence the need for improvement and thus, through research and innovation,...