The following are suggested starting points for finding Airfoil Data
Books:
- Abbott, Ira. Theory of Wing Sections, Including a Summary of Airfoil Data (Dover Reprint, 1959).
Location: Engineering Library Reserve Desk
Call Number: TL 672 .A2 1959
Technical Reports:
- Loftin, Laurence K, Jr; Bursnall, William J. The effects of variations in Reynolds number between 3.0 x 10sub6 and 25.0 x 10sub6 upon the aerodynamic characteristics of a number of NACA 6-series airfoil sections (Langley Research Center, 1950).
Includes theory and profiles for NACA 4, 5, 6 digit series airfoils
Report number: NACA-TR-964 (Accessible via NASA Technical Reports)
Web Resources:
- Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage
This site lists the airfoil(s) used in the wing design of a particular aircraft. - U.I.U.C. (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Airfoil Data Site
Includes the Airfoil Coordinates Database, which describes more than 1,000 airfoils. The site also links to several other airfoil sites. - Wing Analysis Program
A graphical program written in Java which computes the lift and C1 distribution over a wing with sweep and twist.
Databases:
- Aerospace & high technology database (1962-present)