Abstract
In this paper, an analysis of the drawbacks of traditional design methodologies is presented, together with a proposal for a new methodology that may overcome these limitations, related to the excessive number of prototypes and engine tests required, which make difficult to comply with the current needs to reduce development time and costs, and are not applicable when the engine is not available. So, new methodologies are required, based upon calculation tools and simplified experimental models, whose combined used permits to reduce development time and costs and also to optimise the solution. In the paper, the possibilities of such tools are illustrated, and results of the application of the new methodology are shown in terms of both cost and quality.