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Re:How Boom uses software to accelerate hardware development by highfrequency on Monday August 11, 2025 @03:19PM (#44868325)
> We can literally define an airplane parametrically in a configuration file and press a button. In a matter of minutes we have a complete quick-and-dirty analysis of how the whole aircraft performs—as mkBoom flies the aircraft through a full simulated mission (takeoff, climbout, acceleration, cruise, descent, landing). Overnight, mkBoom can run higher-fidelity simulations for a more exact understanding of performance.

Awesome stuff! Allows large scale exploration across all dimensions of plane design to jointly optimize all components and their interactions.

Re:How Boom uses software to accelerate hardware development by polishdude20 on Monday August 11, 2025 @06:12PM (#44870048)
I wonder if they run this through an optimizer then?
Re:How Boom uses software to accelerate hardware development by signatoremo on Monday August 11, 2025 @06:21PM (#44870136)
Boom’s potential customers wouldn’t be able to put more seats on their planes even if they want to. I suppose the targeted performance affords very little margin for customization
Re:How Boom uses software to accelerate hardware development by dreamcompiler on Monday August 11, 2025 @10:54PM (#44871828)
So they can script their design software then. In the modern era I'd consider this table stakes for any big engineering project.