Stability

Tail volume coefficients

In conceptual aircraft design, required horizontal and vertical tail areas of conventional configurations can be approximated using tail volume coefficients. This method considers the wing area, wing mean aerodynamic chord, and distance between the wing’s quarter mean aerodynamic chord and tail’s quarter mean aerodynamic chord. HStabVolumeCoefficientSizing and VStabVolumeCoefficientSizing use tail volume coefficient relationships from Raymer[1] to predict horizontal and vertical tail reference areas, respectively.

[1]

Daniel P. Raymer. Aircraft design: a conceptual approach fourth edition. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Reston, VA, 2006. ISBN 1563478293.