> Can anyone suggest aerodynamics simulation software that will allow me
> to simulate the entire aircraft (and not just airfoil) including
> fuselage, wings, tail, canards, etc. In essence, I want to design a
> 3-D aircraft using this tool and then simulate it's flight dynamics
> to see if it is air-worthy.
There are empiricle and analytical formulas that can do a lot of this type
of work for you without getting bogged down in 3D design...any good
textbook
on aircraft design will give you enough to get started with initial
parameters (wing planform, airfoil, dihedral, tail volume, weight, thrust,
etc.).
FYI, "airworthy" is a legal term. An aircraft is airworthy (in the US) if
it meets all the federal aviation regulations. I think what you mean is,
"see if it will fly." No software has been created yet that can determine
airworthiness.
There's a lot of useful one-off programs here:
http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~mason/Mason_f/MRsoft.html
And, though I've never used it, for initial work, this seems to be like
what
you're looking for:
http://www.aircraftdesign.com/rds.html
Tom.
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