UIUC Airfoil Data Site

UIUC Airfoil Data Site - FAQ

Michael Selig
Department of Aerospace Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801

Last update 2/25/05

I am looking for coordinates?
- Go here: http://www.ae.uiuc.edu/m-selig/ads/coord_database.html
Where can I get airfoil performance data?
- Some data is available from the main page for the UIUC LSATs program. The Reynolds number range of the data is 60,000 to 500,000, which is applicable to model aircraft and other small low-speed vehicles.
  http://www.ae.uiuc.edu/m-selig/uiuc_lsat.html
- A list of the airfoils tested and corresponding books:
  http://www.ae.uiuc.edu/m-selig/uiuc_lsat/books.html
- The link to the airfoil data page:
  http://www.ae.uiuc.edu/m-selig/pd.html
- Online Vols 1-4 data. For information see the file README.TXT at
  http://www.ae.uiuc.edu/m-selig/pub/lsat/
- "Airfoil Comparison Tool" by Mike Garton and David Orman compares the UIUC LSATs and Princeton-data polars:
  http://soaring.cnde.iastate.edu/calcs/frames.shtml
- Another nice comparison tool is here: http://www.nasg.com/afdb/index-e.phtml
Where can I get other airfoil data?
- No other data is listed here. Some data can be found by searching the literature. Someday I hope to include a review of the literature related to airfoil performance data.
Which UIUC LSATs airfoil data volumes have pitching moment data?
- Only Vols 3 and 4 of the UIUC LSATs books have pitching moment data.
Where can I get coordinates for NACA xxxx or some other airfoil?
- The only coordinates that I have are listed here. Some NACA sections are listed there. For other section, there are some NACA airfoil generation codes here. Coordinates for any other airfoils will have to be found in the literature.
What airfoil is used on the XYZ airplane?
- Go the The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage (~600 kB). Some of the airfoils listed there can be found at the UIUC Airfoil Data Site. If they are not, then I don't have them.
What codes are available for airfoil performance prediction?
- XFOIL from Mark Drela. The Eppler code from Prof Richard Eppler. Martin Hepperle's airfoil analysis code on the web.

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