The latest volume of Summary of Low-Speed Airfoil Data documents the wind-tunnel test results of 37 airfoils, including
| A18 | LRN1007 | SD7032 |
| Avistar | PT-40 | SD7037 |
| BW-3 | RG14 | SD7062 |
| CG Ultimate | RG15 | SD7080 |
| Clark-Y | S6063 | SG6040 |
| DH4009 | S7012 | SG6041 |
| E231 | S7075 | SG6042 |
| E374 | S8036 | SG6043 |
| E387 | S8037 | Trainer-60 |
| E472 | S8052 | Ultra-Sport 1000 |
| ESA | SA7035 | USNPS-4 |
| Falcon 56 MK II | SA7036 | |
| Goe 417a | SA7038 |
For more details, see Adobe Acrobat PDF file of Volume 3 data sets
For the R/C soaring airfoils, several were tested with various trailing-edge flap settings as suggested by R/C soaring enthusiasts. In particular, large flap settings of 15-25 degs to were tested to give insight into possible performance improvements during launch, and smaller flap settings of 2.5 degs were tested to represent typical control deflections during thermal soaring. Supplementing this data are leading-edge flap settings of -3 deg and 2.5 deg tested on the popular SD7037. Also, as variations of the popular SD7037, three new airfoils, the SA7035, SA7036, and SA7038, were designed and wind-tunnel tested.
The second group of airfoils used on powered R/C aircraft were tested. With a majority of the attention from airfoil designers focused on the design of new R/C soaring airfoils, a large disparity in performance has resulted between sailplane and powered airfoils. With this volume, the UIUC LSATs team has attempted to lay the foundation for reducing this disparity. To be more specific, several airfoils used on popular powered R/C aircraft were tested to provide a benchmark against which new designs can be compared. Serving as an indicator of the possible performance improvements, three new airfoils, the S8036, S8037, and S8052, were designed and tested.
Airfoils for use on small wind turbines comprise the third group of airfoils tested. Among these are four new airfoils (SG6040 - SG6043) specifically designed for variable-speed wind turbines. The reader will note that several of the airfoils listed here were designed specifically for use on aircraft (A18, SD7032, and SD7062). These airfoils, together with three others grouped under the "Sailplane" and "Powered Aircraft" headings (Clark-Y, S7012, and SD7037), were tested with leading-edge roughness to establish their potential for use on small wind turbines.
Also, this volume contains a rather extensive study of the effect boundary-layer trips have on airfoil performance. Experience, however, has proven such a study to be impractical for every airfoil. Therefore, two candidate airfoils were selected which are representative of a majority of the airfoils used on R/C model aircraft. These were the SD7037 and the E374. Each was tested with various trip configurations (single, multiple), geometries (2-D, 3-D), locations, and heights.
Summary of Low-Speed Airfoil Data - Vol 3 is 418 pages of narrative and data much like the previous works Summary of Low-Speed Airfoil Data - Vols 1 and 2 (1995, 1996) and Airfoils at Low Speeds (SoarTech #8 - 1989). This book is similar in content and organization to Volumes 1 and 2. We've set the price at $35 + shipping:
Book price Shipping and Packaging Qua Cost Total $35 Anywhere in the US $6 = ___ x $41 = ____ $35 International surface mail $8 = ___ x $43 = ____ $35 Airmail to Europe $20 = ___ x $55 = ____ $35 Airmail to Asia/Africa $25 = ___ x $60 = ____ $35 Airmail to Pacific Rim $27 = ___ x $62 = ____All of the actual tabulated data and airfoil coordinates (but none of the narrative or illustrations) in the book are available on-disk in ascii text files. There is no program for use of these files included on the disk. These are provided for those who wish to use the data in their own programs. By formatting the data properly, their use can make manual re-entry of the data unnecessary. The price for the disk data in the USA is $20 including postage. For disk orders from outside of the USA add one dollar to it's price.
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M.S. Selig, J.F. Donovan, & D.B. Fraser
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M.S. Selig, C.A. Lyon, P. Giguere, C.N. Ninham,
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M.S. Selig, J.J. Guglielmo, A.P. Broeren, & P. Giguere
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