M Example FlA-18 Aircraft 16888 E5077 Design Objectives Decisions Speed Aspect Ratio Range Dihedral angle Payload Capability Vertical Tail Area Radar Cross section Engine Thrust Stall Speed Skin Thickness Stowed Volume of engines Fuselage splices Acquisition cost Suspension Points Cost/Flight hour ocation of mission MTBF Computer Engine swap time Access door Assembly hours ocations Avionics growth Potential massachusetts Institute of Technology -Prof. de Weck and Prof Willcox Engineering Systems Division and Dept of Aeronautics and Astronautics7 © Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Prof. de Weck and Prof. Willcox Engineering Systems Division and Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics Example F/A Example F/A-18 Aircraft 18 Aircraft Design Decisions Objectives Aspect Ratio Dihedral Angle Vertical Tail Area Engine Thrust Skin Thickness # of Engines Fuselage Splices Suspension Points Location of Mission Computer Access Door Locations Speed Range Payload Capability Radar Cross Section Stall Speed Stowed Volume Acquisition cost Cost/Flight hour MTBF Engine swap time Assembly hours Avionics growth Potential