Missile DATCOM is a widely used semi-empirical datasheet component build-up method for the prediction of missile aerodynamic coefficients. It is an example of an engineering aeroprediction method which can be used to generate an aerodynamic database of the vehicle’s aerodynamic coefficients at various flight conditions. It has been in continual development for over twenty years, with the latest version released in December 2014. It has traditionally been supplied free of charge by the
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See also
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Digital Datcom
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Aeroprediction[{{Cite journal , last=Sooy , first=Thomas J. , last2=Schmidt , first2=Rebecca Z. , date=March 2005 , title=Aerodynamic Predictions, Comparisons, and Validations Using Missile DATCOM (97) and Aeroprediction 98 (AP98) , journal=Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets , volume=42 , issue=2 , pages=257–265 , bibcode=2005JSpRo..42..257S , doi=10.2514/1.7814 , issn=0022-4650]
References
Aerodynamics