GA(PC)1 landing flap
Info | DAT and DXF files | Shape | Venkataraman Fit | Applications (0) | Similarly shaped airfoils
Plain Flapped Shapes: 25% flap chord | 30% flap chord | 35% flap chord | 40% flap chord
Basic Data: cl vs α | cd vs α | cm vs α | cl/cd vs α | cd vs cl | cl/cd vs cl | cl vs cd | cm vs cl | Curve fits | Lift curve slopes
Data source comparison (Codes, CFD, Wind tunnel)
Compressibility Effects: cl vs α | cd vs α | cm vs α | cl/cd vs α | cd vs cl | cl/cd vs cl | cl vs cd | cm vs cl
Roughness Effects: cl vs α | cd vs α | cm vs α | cl/cd vs α | cd vs cl | cl/cd vs cl | cl vs cd | cm vs cl
Plain Flap Effects: cl,max vs flap deflection: all flap chords | 25% flap chord | 30% flap chord | 35% flap chord | 40% flap chord
Plain Flap Effects: cl vs α for various flap deflections: 25% flap chord | 30% flap chord | 35% flap chord | 40% flap chord
Plain Flap Effects: cm vs α for various flap deflections: 25% flap chord | 30% flap chord | 35% flap chord | 40% flap chord
Plain Flap Effects: cd vs α for various flap deflections: 25% flap chord | 30% flap chord | 35% flap chord | 40% flap chord
Disclaimer: All information presented herein is delivered without guarantee or warranty of any kind. The user assumes the entire risk of use of this information.
DB Name: GA(PC)1_landing
Family: NASA
Max thickness: 12.0% at x = 30.06% chord
Max camber: 0.0% at x = 60.00% chord
Available data sources:
JavaFoil+Calcfoil stall+Eppler ext transition
XFOIL ncrit=9
NF
Wind tunnel (NASA-TP-1324 Fig. 20 smooth)
Notes:
From NASA-TP-1324, "Low speed Aerodynamic Characteristics of a 16-Percent Thick Variable-Geometry Airfoil Designed for General Aviation Applications, https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19790005847/downloads/19790005847.pdf
NeuralFoil data computed using Peter Sharpe's NeuralFoil: An airfoil aerodynamics analysis tool using physics-informed machine learning, 2023, GitHub repository: https://github.com/peterdsharpe/NeuralFoil
Wind tunnel data from NASA-TP-1324.