Aircraft Design Python Packages

aerosandbox

Aircraft design optimization made fast through computational graph transformations (e.g., automatic differentiation). Composable analysis tools for aerodynamics, propulsion, structures, trajectory design, and much more.

neuralfoil

NeuralFoil is a practical airfoil aerodynamics analysis tool using physics-informed machine learning, exposed to end-users in pure Python/NumPy.

jsbsim

An open source flight dynamics & control software library

panelaero

An Implementation of the Vortex Lattice (VLM) and the Doublet Lattice Method (DLM) for aeroelasticity.

flow5ctl

AI-driven aircraft design with flow5. MCP server + CLI for low-Reynolds-number aircraft — human-powered aircraft, RC gliders, small UAVs.

pterasoftware

Ptera Software is a fast, easy-to-use, and open-source software package for analyzing flapping-wing flight.

loadskernel

The Loads Kernel Software allows for the calculation of quasi-steady and dynamic maneuver loads, unsteady gust loads in the time and frequency domain as well as dynamic landing loads based on a generic landing gear module.

aircraftdr

Aircraft Design Resources - aircraft conceptual design framework

xflrpy

xflrpy is a python enabled version of xflr5 for scripting and design optimization.

adr-ca

Aircraft Design Resources - aircraft conceptual design framework