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Old Jun 29, 2005, 08:23 AM
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PW airfoils

Hej all

might be strange, but I am really proud of, to promote my own airfoils, but I, and some others, think they are good, so here they are:

some comments on the airfoils:
They are made for planks, but because of their pitching moment of around 0 they will also have some application for swept wings.

IMO the design of airfoils can not be seen independed of the design for the airframe, therefor some remarks, which should act as a guideline for airplane designs with those airfoils.

All the airfoils are made for slopeflying, also DS, F3F, and so on. This means to me:
- low drag at cl=0 and a high cl max for sharp turning and acrobatics
- the pitching moment curve should be as flat as possible, even with flaps
- the zero pitching moment should be around 0 (not for the PW75), so that the plank is flying at high speeds without flap deflection an with minimal drag. All other angels of attack need flap deflections.

The PW51

I made it in 2003 and is somewhat still my main design, it is made for planks as all the others, but the lift range is extended to cl`s below 0 for acrobatics and a lot of fun.
It is well proven....180km/h in DS and was able to win the danish championship in pylon racing. Pitching moment is around 0.

PW106 and PW98 mod
are modifications of the PW51. They have higher camber and therefor a higher clmax. On the other hand, the cl range does not extend to neg. cl, so acrobatics is negativly affected. But for a DS model the PW98 mod looks very promising. Both airfoils should be thermal very well. Pitching moment is about the same as for the PW51.

PW75
is a modified PW51 with some more reflex, this gives a higher pitching moment, so that planks will fly with a cl about 0.4 with no flap deflections.
The airfoil is well proven and seems to work fine, both on the slope and on the flat field in thermals.

The airfoils were originally designed for 20% flap cord, but in reality there was not a big differece for flap cords between 20 and 30%. The hinge should be on the underside!

Have fun with the foils and I will be pleased to hear about your experiences to push some new ones.


PW51
1 0,00047
0,99655 0,00054
0,98638 0,00097
0,96991 0,00199
0,94761 0,0037
0,91998 0,0061
0,88752 0,00915
0,85073 0,0128
0,81018 0,01695
0,7664 0,02148
0,71996 0,02629
0,67144 0,03128
0,62141 0,0363
0,57048 0,04119
0,5192 0,04579
0,46812 0,04992
0,41776 0,05342
0,3686 0,05612
0,32105 0,05789
0,27556 0,05865
0,23256 0,05831
0,19244 0,05682
0,1555 0,05411
0,122 0,05023
0,0922 0,04523
0,0663 0,03926
0,04448 0,03245
0,02687 0,02502
0,01357 0,01731
0,00472 0,00967
0,00042 0,00263
0,00003 0,00096
0 0
0,00006 -0,00066
0,00025 -0,00154
0,00056 -0,00235
0,001 -0,00312
0,00156 -0,00387
0,00224 -0,00461
0,00305 -0,00535
0,00398 -0,00609
0,00504 -0,00683
0,00622 -0,00758
0,00752 -0,00833
0,00895 -0,00908
0,01049 -0,00982
0,01216 -0,01054
0,01395 -0,01126
0,01587 -0,01197
0,0179 -0,01267
0,02005 -0,01336
0,02233 -0,01404
0,02472 -0,0147
0,02723 -0,01536
0,02985 -0,016
0,0326 -0,01663
0,03546 -0,01725
0,03844 -0,01785
0,04153 -0,01844
0,04474 -0,01902
0,04806 -0,01958
0,05149 -0,02012
0,05504 -0,02065
0,05869 -0,02117
0,06246 -0,02167
0,06633 -0,02215
0,07031 -0,02262
0,0744 -0,02308
0,0786 -0,02352
0,0829 -0,02395
0,08731 -0,02436
0,09181 -0,02475
0,09642 -0,02514
0,10113 -0,0255
0,10594 -0,02585
0,11085 -0,02619
0,11585 -0,02651
0,12095 -0,02681
0,12615 -0,02711
0,13144 -0,02738
0,13682 -0,02765
0,14229 -0,0279
0,14785 -0,02814
0,15349 -0,02836
0,15922 -0,02857
0,16504 -0,02877
0,17095 -0,02896
0,17693 -0,02913
0,18299 -0,02929
0,18914 -0,02944
0,19536 -0,02958
0,20166 -0,0297
0,20803 -0,02981
0,21447 -0,02991
0,22099 -0,03
0,22757 -0,03008
0,23422 -0,03015
0,24094 -0,0302
0,24772 -0,03025
0,25457 -0,03029
0,26148 -0,03031
0,26844 -0,03033
0,27547 -0,03033
0,28255 -0,03032
0,28969 -0,03031
0,29687 -0,03028
0,30411 -0,03024
0,3114 -0,0302
0,31873 -0,03015
0,32611 -0,03008
0,33353 -0,03001
0,34099 -0,02993
0,3485 -0,02985
0,35604 -0,02975
0,36361 -0,02964
0,37123 -0,02953
0,37887 -0,0294
0,38654 -0,02927
0,39424 -0,02913
0,40197 -0,02898
0,40972 -0,02882
0,4175 -0,02866
0,42529 -0,02849
0,43311 -0,02831
0,44094 -0,02813
0,44878 -0,02793
0,45664 -0,02773
0,46451 -0,02752
0,47239 -0,02731
0,48027 -0,02708
0,48816 -0,02685
0,49605 -0,02662
0,50395 -0,02637
0,51184 -0,02612
0,51973 -0,02587
0,52761 -0,0256
0,53549 -0,02534
0,54336 -0,02506
0,55122 -0,02478
0,55906 -0,02449
0,56689 -0,0242
0,57471 -0,02391
0,5825 -0,02361
0,59028 -0,0233
0,59803 -0,02299
0,60576 -0,02267
0,61346 -0,02235
0,62113 -0,02203
0,62877 -0,0217
0,63639 -0,02137
0,64396 -0,02104
0,6515 -0,0207
0,65901 -0,02035
0,66647 -0,02001
0,67389 -0,01966
0,68127 -0,01931
0,6886 -0,01895
0,69589 -0,0186
0,70313 -0,01824
0,71032 -0,01788
0,71745 -0,01752
0,72453 -0,01715
0,73156 -0,01679
0,73852 -0,01643
0,74543 -0,01606
0,75228 -0,01569
0,75906 -0,01533
0,76578 -0,01496
0,77243 -0,01459
0,77901 -0,01423
0,78553 -0,01386
0,79197 -0,01349
0,79835 -0,01313
0,80464 -0,01276
0,81086 -0,0124
0,81701 -0,01204
0,82307 -0,01168
0,82905 -0,01132
0,83496 -0,01097
0,84077 -0,01061
0,84651 -0,01026
0,85215 -0,00992
0,85771 -0,00957
0,86318 -0,00923
0,86856 -0,0089
0,87385 -0,00856
0,87905 -0,00824
0,88415 -0,00791
0,88915 -0,0076
0,89406 -0,00728
0,89887 -0,00697
0,90358 -0,00667
0,90819 -0,00638
0,9127 -0,00608
0,9171 -0,0058
0,9214 -0,00552
0,9256 -0,00525
0,92969 -0,00498
0,93367 -0,00472
0,93754 -0,00447
0,94131 -0,00422
0,94496 -0,00398
0,94851 -0,00375
0,95194 -0,00353
0,95526 -0,00331
0,95847 -0,0031
0,96156 -0,0029
0,96454 -0,00271
0,9674 -0,00252
0,97015 -0,00234
0,97277 -0,00217
0,97528 -0,00201
0,97768 -0,00186
0,97995 -0,00171
0,9821 -0,00157
0,98413 -0,00144
0,98605 -0,00132
0,98784 -0,00121
0,98951 -0,0011
0,99105 -0,001
0,99248 -0,00091
0,99378 -0,00083
0,99496 -0,00076
0,99602 -0,0007
0,99695 -0,00064
0,99776 -0,0006
0,99844 -0,00056
0,999 -0,00053
0,99944 -0,0005
0,99975 -0,00048
0,99994 -0,00047
1 -0,00047



PW98-mod
1 0,00045
0,99655 0,00049
0,98638 0,00086
0,96991 0,00181
0,94761 0,00346
0,91998 0,00581
0,88752 0,00885
0,85073 0,01252
0,81018 0,01672
0,7664 0,02134
0,71996 0,02628
0,67144 0,03143
0,62141 0,03664
0,57048 0,04174
0,5192 0,04655
0,46812 0,05089
0,41776 0,05457
0,3686 0,05741
0,32105 0,05928
0,27556 0,06008
0,23256 0,05972
0,19244 0,05815
0,1555 0,05529
0,122 0,05121
0,0922 0,04598
0,0663 0,03974
0,04448 0,03266
0,02687 0,02498
0,01357 0,01708
0,00472 0,00932
0,00042 0,00153
0,00003 0,00012
0 0
0,00006 -0,00018
0,00025 -0,00074
0,00056 -0,00156
0,001 -0,00256
0,00156 -0,00355
0,00224 -0,00433
0,00305 -0,00495
0,00398 -0,00558
0,00504 -0,00626
0,00622 -0,0069
0,00752 -0,00751
0,00895 -0,0081
0,01049 -0,00869
0,01216 -0,00928
0,01395 -0,00987
0,01587 -0,01044
0,0179 -0,011
0,02005 -0,01154
0,02233 -0,01208
0,02472 -0,01259
0,02723 -0,01311
0,02985 -0,01361
0,0326 -0,0141
0,03546 -0,01457
0,03844 -0,01502
0,04153 -0,01547
0,04474 -0,01591
0,04806 -0,01633
0,05149 -0,01674
0,05504 -0,01712
0,05869 -0,0175
0,06246 -0,01788
0,06633 -0,01823
0,07031 -0,01856
0,0744 -0,0189
0,0786 -0,01922
0,0829 -0,01953
0,08731 -0,01982
0,09181 -0,02009
0,09642 -0,02037
0,10113 -0,02062
0,10594 -0,02086
0,11085 -0,0211
0,11585 -0,02132
0,12095 -0,02153
0,12615 -0,02173
0,13144 -0,02191
0,13682 -0,02209
0,14229 -0,02227
0,14785 -0,02243
0,15349 -0,02258
0,15922 -0,02272
0,16504 -0,02284
0,17095 -0,02297
0,18299 -0,02319
0,19536 -0,02339
0,20803 -0,02354
0,22099 -0,02367
0,23422 -0,02378
0,24772 -0,02384
0,26148 -0,02388
0,27547 -0,0239
0,28969 -0,0239
0,30411 -0,02386
0,31873 -0,02381
0,33353 -0,02372
0,3485 -0,02363
0,36361 -0,02351
0,37887 -0,02336
0,39424 -0,0232
0,40972 -0,023
0,42529 -0,0228
0,44094 -0,02258
0,45664 -0,02231
0,47239 -0,02204
0,48816 -0,02175
0,50395 -0,02142
0,51973 -0,0211
0,53549 -0,02073
0,55122 -0,02035
0,56689 -0,01995
0,5825 -0,01954
0,59803 -0,0191
0,61346 -0,01864
0,62877 -0,01817
0,64396 -0,01769
0,65901 -0,01719
0,67389 -0,01667
0,6886 -0,01614
0,70313 -0,0156
0,71745 -0,01504
0,73156 -0,01449
0,74543 -0,01392
0,75906 -0,01334
0,77243 -0,01276
0,78553 -0,01216
0,79835 -0,01158
0,81086 -0,01099
0,82307 -0,01039
0,83496 -0,00981
0,84651 -0,00922
0,85771 -0,00863
0,86856 -0,00807
0,87905 -0,00752
0,88915 -0,00697
0,89887 -0,00642
0,90819 -0,00591
0,9171 -0,00541
0,9256 -0,00493
0,93367 -0,00445
0,94131 -0,004
0,94851 -0,00358
0,95526 -0,00318
0,96156 -0,00281
0,9674 -0,00245
0,97277 -0,00212
0,97768 -0,00183
0,9821 -0,00155
0,98605 -0,00131
0,98951 -0,0011
0,99248 -0,00091
0,99496 -0,00075
0,99695 -0,00063
0,99844 -0,00054
0,99944 -0,00048
0,99975 -0,00046
0,99994 -0,00045
1 -0,00045



PW106
1 0,00047
0,99655 0,00051
0,98638 0,00088
0,96991 0,00188
0,94761 0,00365
0,91998 0,00619
0,88752 0,00947
0,85073 0,01345
0,81018 0,01802
0,7664 0,02306
0,71996 0,02844
0,67144 0,03408
0,62141 0,0398
0,57048 0,04539
0,5192 0,05068
0,46812 0,05546
0,41776 0,05951
0,3686 0,06265
0,32105 0,06471
0,27556 0,06559
0,23256 0,0652
0,19244 0,06347
0,1555 0,06033
0,122 0,05584
0,0922 0,05008
0,0663 0,04325
0,04448 0,0355
0,02687 0,02711
0,01357 0,01848
0,00472 0,01004
0,00042 0,00175
0,00003 0,00018
0 0
0,00006 -0,00021
0,00025 -0,00082
0,00056 -0,00173
0,001 -0,00281
0,00156 -0,00384
0,00224 -0,00461
0,00305 -0,00517
0,00398 -0,00577
0,00504 -0,00644
0,00622 -0,00709
0,00752 -0,0077
0,00895 -0,00829
0,01049 -0,00888
0,01216 -0,00948
0,01395 -0,01006
0,01587 -0,01062
0,0179 -0,01118
0,02005 -0,01171
0,02233 -0,01224
0,02472 -0,01274
0,02723 -0,01325
0,02985 -0,01373
0,0326 -0,0142
0,03546 -0,01466
0,03844 -0,0151
0,04153 -0,01554
0,04474 -0,01596
0,04806 -0,01636
0,05149 -0,01674
0,05504 -0,01712
0,05869 -0,01748
0,06246 -0,01783
0,06633 -0,01816
0,07031 -0,01848
0,0744 -0,01879
0,0786 -0,01909
0,0829 -0,01938
0,08731 -0,01966
0,09181 -0,01991
0,09642 -0,02016
0,10113 -0,02039
0,10594 -0,02062
0,11085 -0,02084
0,11585 -0,02104
0,12095 -0,02122
0,12615 -0,02142
0,13144 -0,02157
0,13682 -0,02174
0,14229 -0,02189
0,14785 -0,02204
0,15349 -0,02217
0,15922 -0,0223
0,16504 -0,02242
0,17095 -0,02253
0,18299 -0,02273
0,19536 -0,02291
0,20803 -0,02304
0,22099 -0,02316
0,23422 -0,02326
0,24772 -0,02332
0,26148 -0,02336
0,27547 -0,02339
0,28969 -0,02339
0,30411 -0,02336
0,31873 -0,02332
0,33353 -0,02325
0,3485 -0,02319
0,36361 -0,02307
0,37887 -0,02295
0,39424 -0,02281
0,40972 -0,02265
0,42529 -0,02248
0,44094 -0,02228
0,45664 -0,02207
0,47239 -0,02183
0,48816 -0,02156
0,50395 -0,02128
0,51973 -0,02099
0,53549 -0,02067
0,55122 -0,02031
0,56689 -0,01995
0,5825 -0,01957
0,59803 -0,01917
0,61346 -0,01874
0,62877 -0,01831
0,64396 -0,01786
0,65901 -0,01737
0,67389 -0,01689
0,6886 -0,01637
0,70313 -0,01586
0,71745 -0,01533
0,73156 -0,01478
0,74543 -0,01423
0,75906 -0,01367
0,77243 -0,01308
0,78553 -0,01251
0,79835 -0,01192
0,81086 -0,01133
0,82307 -0,01075
0,83496 -0,01016
0,84651 -0,00957
0,85771 -0,00899
0,86856 -0,00842
0,87905 -0,00785
0,88915 -0,00729
0,89887 -0,00674
0,90819 -0,00621
0,9171 -0,00569
0,9256 -0,00519
0,93367 -0,00471
0,94131 -0,00425
0,94851 -0,0038
0,95526 -0,00339
0,96156 -0,003
0,9674 -0,00263
0,97277 -0,00228
0,97768 -0,00197
0,9821 -0,00167
0,98605 -0,00141
0,98951 -0,00118
0,99248 -0,00097
0,99496 -0,00081
0,99695 -0,00067
0,99844 -0,00058
0,99944 -0,00051
0,99975 -0,00049
0,99994 -0,00047
1 -0,00047





PW75
1 0,00047
0,99655 0,00046
0,98638 0,00068
0,96991 0,0014
0,94761 0,00273
0,91998 0,0047
0,88752 0,00734
0,85073 0,01064
0,81018 0,01456
0,7664 0,01905
0,71996 0,02404
0,67144 0,02927
0,62141 0,03458
0,57048 0,03979
0,5192 0,04475
0,46812 0,04925
0,41776 0,0531
0,3686 0,05614
0,32105 0,05823
0,27556 0,05925
0,23256 0,05911
0,19244 0,05774
0,1555 0,0551
0,122 0,0512
0,0922 0,04613
0,0663 0,04002
0,04448 0,03302
0,02687 0,02538
0,01357 0,01744
0,00472 0,00958
0,00042 0,00171
0,00003 0,00017
0 0
0,00006 -0,00021
0,00025 -0,00085
0,00056 -0,00179
0,001 -0,00293
0,00156 -0,00402
0,00224 -0,00486
0,00305 -0,00549
0,00398 -0,00617
0,00504 -0,00692
0,00622 -0,00765
0,00752 -0,00835
0,00895 -0,00904
0,01049 -0,00974
0,01216 -0,01045
0,01395 -0,01112
0,01587 -0,01179
0,0179 -0,01245
0,02005 -0,0131
0,02233 -0,01374
0,02472 -0,01437
0,02723 -0,01499
0,02985 -0,01559
0,0326 -0,01619
0,03546 -0,01677
0,03844 -0,01734
0,04153 -0,0179
0,04474 -0,01844
0,04806 -0,01897
0,05149 -0,01948
0,05504 -0,01998
0,05869 -0,02046
0,06246 -0,02094
0,06633 -0,02139
0,07031 -0,02183
0,0744 -0,02227
0,0786 -0,02268
0,0829 -0,02309
0,08731 -0,02348
0,09181 -0,02386
0,09642 -0,02422
0,10113 -0,02457
0,10594 -0,0249
0,11085 -0,02523
0,11585 -0,02554
0,12095 -0,02584
0,12615 -0,02613
0,13144 -0,02639
0,13682 -0,02664
0,14229 -0,0269
0,14785 -0,02714
0,15349 -0,02737
0,15922 -0,02758
0,16504 -0,02779
0,17095 -0,02797
0,18299 -0,02834
0,19536 -0,02865
0,20803 -0,02892
0,22099 -0,02916
0,23422 -0,02937
0,24772 -0,02952
0,26148 -0,02964
0,27547 -0,02973
0,28969 -0,02978
0,30411 -0,02981
0,31873 -0,02979
0,33353 -0,02975
0,3485 -0,02968
0,36361 -0,02958
0,37887 -0,02945
0,39424 -0,02928
0,40972 -0,02909
0,42529 -0,02886
0,44094 -0,02861
0,45664 -0,02832
0,47239 -0,02802
0,48816 -0,02768
0,50395 -0,02731
0,51973 -0,02691
0,53549 -0,0265
0,55122 -0,02605
0,56689 -0,02558
0,5825 -0,02507
0,59803 -0,02456
0,61346 -0,02402
0,62877 -0,02347
0,64396 -0,02289
0,65901 -0,0223
0,67389 -0,02169
0,6886 -0,02105
0,70313 -0,02041
0,71745 -0,01976
0,73156 -0,01909
0,74543 -0,01842
0,75906 -0,01774
0,77243 -0,01703
0,78553 -0,01631
0,79835 -0,01555
0,81086 -0,01479
0,82307 -0,01403
0,83496 -0,01324
0,84651 -0,01247
0,85771 -0,01169
0,86856 -0,01091
0,87905 -0,01014
0,88915 -0,00939
0,89887 -0,00866
0,90819 -0,00793
0,9171 -0,00723
0,9256 -0,00656
0,93367 -0,00591
0,94131 -0,0053
0,94851 -0,00471
0,95526 -0,00415
0,96156 -0,00364
0,9674 -0,00316
0,97277 -0,00272
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Old Jun 29, 2005, 08:29 AM
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Would you recommend any wash-out for the wing-tips when using PW51 for a plank?

Tusand Tack!!

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Old Jun 29, 2005, 08:51 AM
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Sweet, thank you Peter!!!

I love the PW51

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Old Jun 29, 2005, 08:53 AM
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Can someone make me a .dat file from these numbers?
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Old Jun 29, 2005, 08:54 AM
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Hej Malmų

we are actually not living very far from each other and I was follwing your JART thread.....nice model....very nice. Well, maybe we will meet once.
To your question:
No.....twist is my opinion not a very good option for a plank.....if you don`t have any special thougts with your plane. It will reduce top speed, especially if you don`t use the PW51 and will be very likely neg. for the induced drag of your plane. But if you want to use a very high taper ratio or a swept wing, twist are an option. But generally on planks: no!

yours Peter
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Old Jun 29, 2005, 08:57 AM
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I do have the dat. files.....but how can I put them into this here?

yours Peter
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Old Jun 29, 2005, 09:02 AM
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Can someone make me a .dat file from these numbers?
You can just copy & paste them into a text file, naming it XXX.dat, and they should work fine.

However, since I like ya, I have performed this arduous task for you...

All of the above airfoils in .dat format, in a .zip file for your downloading enjoyment!

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Old Jun 29, 2005, 09:19 AM
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I do have the dat. files.....but how can I put them into this here?
RCGroups only allows certain file extensions to be uploaded, and .dat is not one of them. Therefore we have to put them into a .zip archive, which the forum does allow. Works fine, it's just an extra step.

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Old Jun 29, 2005, 09:38 AM
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Can't read this .dat profiles with my Profili program! Is there something I have to look for to import these coordinates into my profili?
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Old Jun 29, 2005, 09:46 AM
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when I try to import the DAT files into Profili2, I get an "there must have at least 3 coordinates" error.

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Old Jun 29, 2005, 10:18 AM
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I'm getting the same error note.
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Old Jun 29, 2005, 10:28 AM
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Try copying the text in the first post into a text file and saving as dat, should work OK.
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Hej Malmų

we are actually not living very far from each other and I was follwing your JART thread.....nice model....very nice. Well, maybe we will meet once.
To your question:
No.....twist is my opinion not a very good option for a plank.....if you don`t have any special thougts with your plane. It will reduce top speed, especially if you don`t use the PW51 and will be very likely neg. for the induced drag of your plane. But if you want to use a very high taper ratio or a swept wing, twist are an option. But generally on planks: no!

yours Peter
It's a Tapered wing, with no sweep... (SSDC RETOX40 thread).. I'll follow your advice and keep it completely twist-free!!

Thanks!!

The Jart will contine after this short pause... Tomi and I are just about to make the missing tools...
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Old Jun 29, 2005, 11:10 AM
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Non-Euro guys: you need to keep the line breaks in after each set of coords and you also need to do a search and replace to swap commas "," for decimal points "." prior to importing into Profili.

Thanks for posting these, Peter.

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Old Jun 29, 2005, 11:27 AM
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Profile Data problems..

I've just been fighting with it too, and have managed to beat it by doing the following.

(bear in mind Foilmaker is probably very different when compared to your programmes)

I Made sure it was plain text, not formatted text, and changed commas for full-stops.. after that it worked.


Thanks again Peter!!

EDIT: just as Anton said above...
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