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Old 26th Nov 2002, 14:47
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Zeke
 
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Uptrim Disable,

Not aware of any specific published section used on airbus aircraft.

Are the wings supercritical? Yes

Does anyone have info on the design, such as L/D ratio, CP location / movement, critical AoA etc...

Yes Airbus does, the data is worth millions.

Airbus does all this initial design on a computer used computational fluid dynamics, then wind tunnel tests the computer model. On the A340 it cost over 600 million to do this.

A lot of the Boeing stuff is available, if you have a look at The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage it lists the sections for some Boeing models.

The Boeing airfoil coordinates are available at UIUC Airfoil Coordinates Database

A number of programs and links to other sites that can plot and predict airfoil performance can be found at UIUC Airfoil Data Site

Regards


Z




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