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