Electric Aircraft Performance Analysis Utilizing Simplified Approaches for Airfoil and Propulsion Chain Design

This paper presents the current development of the Electric Aircraft Performance Analysis Tool. In order to satisfy the presence of electric engines in aircraft design, research was conducted to develop a simplified approach for the design phase of a new aircraft to determine and quantify the expected performance for a given airfoil and propulsion chain configuration with regards to a mission profile. It also allows to quickly analyse variations in airfoil performance as well as propulsion chain variations. This paper shows the research and development of methods and formulas used within the tool.