Makeboom

Overview

Makeboom is Boom Supersonic’s source-described design and simulation software for evaluating an engine inside a complete aircraft and flight mission.

Current Profile

The episode presents Makeboom as the computational layer for aircraft–propulsion co-design. After a more ambitious cabin concept appeared to reduce Overture’s simulated range by about 1,000 miles, Boom used the tool to compare roughly a dozen buildable engine configurations. Scholl says one recovered most of the loss, making the software evidence of an integrated design process rather than independent proof of final aircraft performance.

Key Characteristics

• Wraps an aircraft design around a candidate engine rather than evaluating propulsion in isolation.
• Simulates a complete flight mission to compare engine, airframe, cabin, and range tradeoffs.
• Supports exploration across multiple configurations that Boom describes as buildable.
• Keeps the design loop inside the company after its shift away from a supplier-controlled engine.

Evidence

• Integrated configuration search: Blake Scholl, Founder & CEO, Boom Supersonic: Part 2 describes the cabin-driven range loss, the roughly dozen modeled configurations, and Scholl’s claim that one recovered most of the lost range.

Qualifications

The source does not document the tool’s models, validation data, uncertainty bounds, optimization method, or relationship to certification analysis. A simulated range recovery can direct engineering work but does not establish as-built aircraft performance.

What Changed

• Created the profile from the Part 2 interview’s engine–airframe–cabin design example.

Relationships

• Boom Supersonic - company that developed and uses the tool.
• Overture Supersonic Airliner - planned aircraft whose configuration the tool evaluates.
• Aircraft–Propulsion Co-Design - integrated design method the tool supports.
• Blake Scholl - founder describing the tool and its product-design role.