Airbus' wings
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Airbus' wings
Do the A318 to A340 wings have a NACA code? Are the wings supercritical? Does anyone have info on the design, such as L/D ratio, CP location / movement, critical AoA etc...
And what about Boeing wing design?
Would like to compare these and use them as real-life examples in ATPL ground school...
Thanks.
And what about Boeing wing design?
Would like to compare these and use them as real-life examples in ATPL ground school...
Thanks.
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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
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
Last edited by Zeke; 26th Nov 2002 at 22:43.
