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RCOTOOLS - Rotorcraft Optimization Tools
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Overview
RCOTOOLS provides utilities and application wrappers for the conceptual design of rotorcraft using an optimization framework. It currently has application wrappers for NDARC (NASA Design and Analysis of RotorCraft), CAMRAD II (Comprehensive Analytical Model of Rotorcraft Aerodynamics and Dynamics II), NPSS (Numerical Propulsion System Simulation), IXGEN (Intelligent Cross-section Generator) and CHARM (Comprehensive Hierarchical Aeromechanics Rotorcraft Model). These wrappers can be used independently or within an optimization using NASA's OpenMDAO optimization framework.