Josh Carr Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 (edited) What airfoils could you use for high speed prop canard? Re ~ 5mill The NLF airfoils look pretty sweet, perhaps it could be held laminar on a quickie wing (nice and thin)...? I see the Lancair 360 uses NLF but sheesh, that thing hooks along at 200knots. I wonder how laminar it is here The OG clark Y airfoil (not the flat one) looks like a good place to start, or Eppler. Some neat info from Q-talk back in the day (GU, LS1, Roncz, Mike Shuck) Man this could take all year, pitching moment and stall characteristics, and probably a dozen other things all considered Edited February 23, 2023 by Josh Carr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidhawk9 Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 I know I'm pretty late to the party, having not been around much lately... For canards, airfoil selection is pretty critical, as if you get it wrong you can end up with an unstable airplane or one that deep stalls. Probably best to go with something designed for the specific application if you are wanting to improve performance. Quote Aerocanard (modified) SN:ACPB-0226 (Chapter 8) Canardspeed.com (my build log and more; usually lags behind actual progress)Flight simulator (X-plane) flight model master: X-Aerodynamics (GMT+12) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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