UIUC Low-Speed Airfoil Tests - FAQ Michael Selig Department of Aerospace Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801    Last update 2/25/05

Where can I get low Reynolds number airfoil data?

• The main page for the UIUC LSATs low Reynolds number airfoil wind-tunnel test program:
  http://www.ae.uiuc.edu/m-selig/uiuc_lsat.html
• Books containing low Reynolds number airfoil data are here.
• List of the airfoils tested and corresponding books (Soartech 8 and Vols 1-4):
  http://www.ae.uiuc.edu/m-selig/uiuc_lsat/books.html
• Link to the airfoil data page (data for Vols 1-4):
  http://www.ae.uiuc.edu/m-selig/pd.html
• FTP site with the Vols 1-4 data. For information see the file README.TXT at
  http://www.ae.uiuc.edu/m-selig/pub/LSATs/
• Airfoil Comparison Tool by Mike Garton and David Orman; compares the UIUC LSATs (Vols 1-4) and Princeton data (Soartech 8) polars. Note that the data compared at this site is for a given "reduced Reynolds number" which is applicable to aircraft flight. Details on the reduced Reynolds number are given:
  http://soaring.cnde.iastate.edu/calcs/frames.shtml