Physics based simulation is widely seen as a way of increasing the information aboutaircraft designs earlier in their definition, thus helping with the avoidance ofunanticipated problems as the design is refined. This paper reports on an effort to assessthe automated use of computational fluid dynamics level aerodynamics for the developmentof tables for flight dynamics analysis at the conceptual stage. These tables are then usedto calculate handling qualities measures. The methodological questions addressed area)geometry and mesh treatment for automated analysis from a high level conceptual aircraftdescription and b) sampling and data fusion to allow the timely calculation of large datatables. The test case used to illustrate the approaches is based on a refined designpassenger jet wind tunnel model. This model is reduced to a conceptual description, andthe ability of this geometry to allow calculations relevant to the final design to bedrawn is then examined. Data tables are then generated and handling qualitiescalculated.
