Below is a copy of the presentation I gave at Airventure 2015 titled “Reno Racers! Simulating Speed.” This two part presentation uses the Reno Air Races to showcase how the Internet can be used to find local weather data that will impact a single-point aircraft design. The second part covers a modern take on the 1988 Sport Aviation article “High Aspect Ratio Wings for Formula One Racers” using code that can be used to perform wing planform trade-offs in seconds.
As promised, the example code written for Matlab is also being made available; I only ask that you share your findings with the community. If you have any questions or get stuck anywhere, feel free to drop a line.
I’ve also been porting most of my code to Python lately to get away from the difficulty in sharing programs written for Matlab. With any luck I will have an improved version uploaded soon that will work from within your browser on any type of computer, no installation required.
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