Fighter jet
aerodynamics.
Change the conditions. Watch the airflow. Discover how a swept-wing aircraft responds as angle of attack rises toward a stall.
teaching modelOriginal simplified 3D reconstruction. Not an official F-15 asset or a flight simulator.
Click the aircraft to explore its parts.
See what moves the aircraft.
Select a feature to highlight it on the model and learn its role.
From flow to force.
L = ½ρV²S CLLift grows with air density, the square of speed, reference area, and lift coefficient.
D = ½ρV²S CDDrag uses the same dynamic pressure. Its coefficient includes baseline, induced, and a teaching approximation for separated-flow drag.
Readouts use S = 1 m² to show force per area. Coefficient curves and the 15° stall threshold are illustrative, not measured F-15 data. They omit Mach effects, Reynolds number, trim, weight, thrust, and control laws.
Find the stall boundary.
Hold speed steady. Increase angle of attack from 6° past 15°. Lift first climbs, then falls as our model represents separated flow. Drag continues to rise. Lower the angle to restore attached flow.