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Now designing: a carbon wing for the Rihn DR-107

2aircraft we fly: an RV-6 and a Pitts Special

1carbon wing in design, for the DR-107 One Design

±10 glimit load our DR-107 wing is sized for

0kits for sale. We design, analyse and advise.

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One workspace, from requirements to build guide.

Say what the aircraft has to do. Studio screens hundreds of planforms against it, puts the shortlist through CFD, then sizes the structure. You stay in charge at every step.

Set the requirementsStall speed, roll rate, load factor, weight, engine and build method.
Screen the optionsEvery planform scored instantly, ranked against your targets.
See where it lets goCFD on the shortlist: pressure, flow and the order the wing stalls in.
Size it and build itSpar, skins and joints sized for the loads, with a build guide drawn from proven aircraft.

First project: a carbon replacement wing for the Rihn DR-107 One Design. Studio is sign-in only while we test it.

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Surface pressure on the DR-107 wing and fuselage at 15 degrees angle of attack

Upper and lower surface pressure on both wings during a rolling pull

Upper-surface flow on both wings during a rolling pull, reversed flow in red

3-D streamlines around the aircraft with separated flow shown in red

Wings fitted to the fuselage in the hangar

Pressure over the whole aircraft at 15° angle of attack, 136 kt.

Virtual wind tunnel

Fly the wing at your desk.

Pull the stick and watch the flow respond: pressure, streamlines and the separated region growing from the root as the load comes on.

Angle of attack15.0°

Speed136 kt

Load factor3.8 g

First breakroot, η 0.15

A real CFD snapshot of the DR-107 wing. Steady RANS on a coarse mesh: it shows where and in what order the wing stalls, not the exact stall angle.

Two wings, one rolling pull

Snap rolls start where one wing stalls first.

In a rolling pull the two wings fly different angles. We put the whole aircraft through it in CFD, aileron deflected, and look at where the flow lets go on each side.