Free downloads of some of Raymer’s publications of interest to designers:
- The Raymer Manned Mars Airplane: A Conceptual Design and Feasibility Study
(Raymer’s AIAA SciTech 2021 paper, video presentation, unabridged viewgraphs, volunteers’ reports, and more) - How (and Why) Raymer wrote Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach
- RDSwin: Seamlessly-Integrated Aircraft Conceptual Design for Students & Professionals (AIAA ASM 2016)
- Trajectory Scripts for Aircraft and Spacecraft Flight Path Analysis (AIAA ASM 2016)
- Conceptual Research Corp N+3 Future Airliner Study for NASA (PrePrint copy)
- Conceptual Design Modeling in the RDS-Professional Aircraft Design Software (AIAA ASM 2011)
- Automatic Aircraft Configuration Redesign from MDO Results(AIAA ASM 2009)
- An Affordable Flight Demonstrator For Fully-reusable Access to Space
- Approximate Method of Deriving Loiter Time from Range
- Modern Use of Spreadsheet Methods for Aircraft Design, Sizing, and Performance Analysis
- Design of Jet STOVL Aircraft using RDS-Professional
- Santos-Dumont: The First Homebuilder
- Raymer speech on the importance of designers (AIAA SDM Conf. 2005)
- Lean Production and the Skunk Works Approach to Aircraft Design – (click here for executive summary)
- Use of Computers in the (Conceptual) Design Process
- Enhancing Aircraft Conceptual Design using Multidisciplinary Optimization
Raymer Speaks (and sings?):
- Summary and review of Raymer’s ‘Planes of Future Past’ talk at an AIAA luncheon
- Dr. Raymer’s Manned Mars Airplane (and more), AIAA LA-LV New Space mini-Conference 4-2020
- Raymer Hosts the AIAA LA-LV Online Talent Show (5-2020)
- Dr. Raymer’s methodology review and interview about Bombardier’s business jet ride quality comparison
More Good Stuff:
- The original Weights Reports upon which Raymer’s weight equations are largely based
- The encyclopedic DATCOM upon which some of Raymer’s aero methods are based