• RDS^win-Professional pricing

Developed in parallel with the new RDS^win-Student program, RDS^win-Professional has the same easy-to-use Windows pulldown menu operation, the same flexible, powerful methods, and the same instant interactive graphical output. However, RDS-Pro adds numerous "automagic" features such as finding optimal cruise and loiter conditions (students are supposed to figure that out themselves!). RDS^win-Pro does sizing and range calculation at a greater accuracy by automatically breaking mission segments into short subsegments.

Automatic trade studies quickly graph the design effect of parametric variations in parasite drag, drag due to lift, specific fuel consumption, dead weight, payload weight, and range. Carpet Plots allow graphical two-variable optimization of the design including performance constraint curves for requirements such as takeoff distance and turn rate.

The Multidisciplinary Design Optimizer (MDO) simultaneously optimizes for eight key variables: T/W, W/S, aspect ratio, sweep, taper ratio, wing thickness, fuselage fineness ratio, and wing design lift coefficient (camber, in effect). Optimizations can use any selected measure of merit including gross weight, empty weight, fuel weight, purchase price, life cycle cost, net present value, and internal rate of return.

RDS^win-Pro is suitable for operation in a high-security environment. While it can use your web browser for output displays and can jump to the RDS^win web site for tips and information, it doesn't need to connect to the internet, not even for program activation.

An RDS^win user says, "Thank you for a great design code. We couldn't have completed this study without RDS^win." -Don Bingaman (aka Binger), VPE Aerospace Consulting LLC.