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Price Determination of General Aviation, Helicopter, and Transport AircraftThe NASA must assess its aeronautical research program with economic as well as performance measures. It thus is interested in what price a new technology aircraft would carry to make it attractive to the buyer. But what price a given airplane or helicopter will carry is largely a reflection of the manufacturer's assessment of the competitive market into which the new aircraft will be introduced. The manufacturer must weigh any new aerodynamic or system technology innovation he would add to an aircraft by the impact of this innovation upon the aircraft's economic attractiveness and price. The intent of this paper is to give price standards against which new technologies and the NASA's research program can be assessed. Using reported prices for general aviation, helicopter, and transport aircraft, price estimating relations in terms of engine and airframe characteristics have been developed. The relations are given in terms of the aircraft type, its manufactured empty weight, engine weight, horsepower or thrust. Factors for the effects of inflation are included to aid in making predictions of future aircraft prices. There are discussions of aircraft price in terms of number of passenger seats, airplane size and research and development costs related to an aircraft model, and indirectly as to how new technologies, aircraft complexity and inflation have affected these.
Document ID
19990054438
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Anderson, Joseph L.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA United States)
Date Acquired
August 19, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1978
Subject Category
Aircraft Design, Testing And Performance
Report/Patent Number
SAWE Paper 1224
Meeting Information
Meeting: Annual Conference of the Society of Allied Weight Engineers
Location: Munich
Country: German Democratic Republic
Start Date: May 8, 1978
End Date: May 10, 1978
Sponsors: Society of Allied Weight Engineers, Inc.
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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