About
Use Case
T R A C E is designed to enable quick and easy aircraft mock-up. It can provide basic aircraft data and estimates based on user input data such as aircraft dimensions and flight CONOPS.
X-Foil Integration
T R A C E can optionally interact with a provided X-Foil EXE to generate estimated polar plots for your selected airfoil, wing profile, and flight characteristics. This data can subsequently be used to estimate lift, induced drag and other important data points.
Methodology Selection
As T R A C E is developed, alternate methods of calculating data points (i.e. CG, NP, M.A.C, etc) will be implemented and become user selectable, allowing you to choose the most appropriate methods for your design.
Design Documentation Made Easy
T R A C E can generate a comprehensive PDF report of your aircraft design, covering the data inputs & generated outputs as well as descriptions of the methodologies carried out, step-by-step workings, and of course, references.
Development
T R A C E is currently still under development. We will soon be looking for testers for an alpha release to identify points of improvement and develop a feature roadmap.
Use the contact form below to apply to become an alpha tester! Let us know how you intend to use T R A C E and what ability you have to provide feedback (mathematical error checking, UX design, feature requests, etc)