TY - GEN
T1 - Application of a Slotted, Natural-Laminar-Flow Airfoil to an 18-Meter High-Performance Sailplane
AU - Maughmer, Mark D.
AU - Axten, Christopher J.
AU - Chidekel, Philip
AU - Metkowsk, Leonard
AU - Somers, Dan M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 by Mozhdeh Hooshyar, Ciprian Dumitrache.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - A flapped, slotted, natural-laminar-flow airfoil was recently wind-tunnel tested. Given that its design specifications and the Reynolds number range of the experimental results closely match those required for the FAI 18-Meter class of racing sailplanes, this airfoil, the S702, was evaluated in a design and performance study of such an aircraft and compared with a current competitive sailplane in this class. The S702 design had significantly better climb and cross-country performance. While specific to this application, it is felt that this work can provide insight into the use of this or similar airfoils on other aircraft in this operating regime, such as general aviation, unmanned air vehicles, and so forth.
AB - A flapped, slotted, natural-laminar-flow airfoil was recently wind-tunnel tested. Given that its design specifications and the Reynolds number range of the experimental results closely match those required for the FAI 18-Meter class of racing sailplanes, this airfoil, the S702, was evaluated in a design and performance study of such an aircraft and compared with a current competitive sailplane in this class. The S702 design had significantly better climb and cross-country performance. While specific to this application, it is felt that this work can provide insight into the use of this or similar airfoils on other aircraft in this operating regime, such as general aviation, unmanned air vehicles, and so forth.
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U2 - 10.2514/6.2024-0681
DO - 10.2514/6.2024-0681
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85192232440
SN - 9781624107115
T3 - AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition, 2024
BT - AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition, 2024
PB - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA
T2 - AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition, 2024
Y2 - 8 January 2024 through 12 January 2024
ER -