Odonata Research

Odonata Research LLC is an aerospace engineering services company. Its work covers aircraft certification, aeroelastic and loads analysis, and engineering software. The site says the company has shown the technical competence to make certain findings for the FAA as a DER. The site lists its designee status in the FAA system.

The site says the company can support a type certificate for a new aircraft. It can also support an amended type certificate for modifications, and a supplemental type certificate to enhance an existing aircraft. The site lists 14 CFR Part 23 and Part 25 work on aircraft level loads and on flutter and ground vibration.

The company says it is skilled at aeroelastic and loads analysis using MSC Nastran, Zona ZAERO, and customer proprietary software. It also does linear and nonlinear finite element analysis in ANSYS. The site lists analysis of composite structures as a service.

The company also develops engineering software. The site says this work creates computational tools that help engineers use computing resources better. The focus is on new engineering analyses and on automating pre and post processing of engineering data. The software is mostly built as custom tools for each client. The languages listed are Python, Fortran, Matlab, and ANSI Common Lisp.

The site lists research examples. One is a 2001 study of an aeroelastic analysis of a business jet using the USTSD code. Another is a 2001 paper on a dynamic aircraft seat analysis. Other examples cover laminate design for wind turbine blades and postbuckling analysis of a wind turbine blade substructure.

The site says much of the research is proprietary, so only some examples are listed. The phone number is +1 (316) 285-0120. The site has a LinkedIn company page. It does not give a street address.