Aero data, Foilsim etc
07-30-2011, 02:49 PM
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Aero data, Foilsim etc
I haven't seen this in a while, but Foilsim has been updated to do drag data as well as downforce (lift actually).
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/foil3.html
Anyway, it's a cool little simulation. Enter your wing length, chord size, approximate the camber/size. You can then go speed-by-speed, vary angles etc. I like that it does drag now, so you can get an idea how much stress is put on your mounts rearward etc.
I picked up a COT wing, so I was updating my records.
****you must run Java.....took a bit of fiddling to get it to work for me.
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/foil3.html
Anyway, it's a cool little simulation. Enter your wing length, chord size, approximate the camber/size. You can then go speed-by-speed, vary angles etc. I like that it does drag now, so you can get an idea how much stress is put on your mounts rearward etc.
I picked up a COT wing, so I was updating my records.
****you must run Java.....took a bit of fiddling to get it to work for me.
07-31-2011, 09:19 AM
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I haven't seen this in a while, but Foilsim has been updated to do drag data as well as downforce (lift actually).
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/foil3.html
Anyway, it's a cool little simulation. Enter your wing length, chord size, approximate the camber/size. You can then go speed-by-speed, vary angles etc. I like that it does drag now, so you can get an idea how much stress is put on your mounts rearward etc.
I picked up a COT wing, so I was updating my records.
****you must run Java.....took a bit of fiddling to get it to work for me.
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/foil3.html
Anyway, it's a cool little simulation. Enter your wing length, chord size, approximate the camber/size. You can then go speed-by-speed, vary angles etc. I like that it does drag now, so you can get an idea how much stress is put on your mounts rearward etc.
I picked up a COT wing, so I was updating my records.
****you must run Java.....took a bit of fiddling to get it to work for me.
