The Design Of The Das D-8 Zanonia submission for the The Royal Aeronautical Society, UK International Light Aircraft Design Competition 2021/2022 By: Prodyut Kumar Das, MTech, IIT Kharagpur Mechanical Engineer (Retired) Email: prodyut.das7@gmail.com Prasenjit Das Iss.7 This is an edited version and contains only the first five chapters as they are of general interest. Departments/Colleges . Institutes wishing to partner for the 2022/23 competition to design an electric aerobatic trainer are requested to contact at the contact details given. We expect to repeat our top placings. Design Studies Zanonia; A plant also known as Alsomitra macrocarpa native to the East Indies and of the Gourd family whose seed has wings that lets it fly considerable distances. The name is twice appropriate to the proposed aircraft which is, like the Zanonia, tailless and also because the “seed” is an idea of an electric powered utility