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USA 48 AIRFOIL (usa48-il) Xfoil prediction polar at RE=500,000 Ncrit=5


Details Polar file
Airfoil: USA 48 AIRFOIL (usa48-il)
Reynolds number: 500,000
Max Cl/Cd: 65.06 at α=7.75°
Description: Mach=0 Ncrit=5
Source: Xfoil prediction
Download polar: xf-usa48-il-500000-n5.txt
Download as CSV file: xf-usa48-il-500000-n5.csv

  
       XFOIL         Version 6.96
  
 Calculated polar for: USA 48 AIRFOIL                                  
  
 1 1 Reynolds number fixed          Mach number fixed         
  
 xtrf =   1.000 (top)        1.000 (bottom)  
 Mach =   0.000     Re =     0.500 e 6     Ncrit =   5.000
  
   alpha    CL        CD       CDp       CM     Top_Xtr  Bot_Xtr
  ------ -------- --------- --------- -------- -------- --------
 -17.500  -0.7256   0.11619   0.11319  -0.0476   1.0000   0.0096
 -17.250  -0.7557   0.10656   0.10344  -0.0522   1.0000   0.0095
 -17.000  -0.7831   0.09784   0.09459  -0.0564   1.0000   0.0095
 -16.750  -0.8059   0.09027   0.08689  -0.0602   1.0000   0.0095
 -16.500  -0.8252   0.08366   0.08018  -0.0634   1.0000   0.0095
 -16.250  -0.8464   0.07694   0.07333  -0.0666   1.0000   0.0096
 -16.000  -0.8655   0.07084   0.06711  -0.0695   1.0000   0.0095
 -15.750  -0.8841   0.06502   0.06118  -0.0722   1.0000   0.0095
 -15.500  -0.8979   0.06000   0.05604  -0.0744   1.0000   0.0096
 -15.250  -0.9146   0.05472   0.05064  -0.0767   1.0000   0.0096
 -15.000  -0.9271   0.05013   0.04593  -0.0786   1.0000   0.0097
 -14.750  -0.9398   0.04580   0.04149  -0.0801   1.0000   0.0098
 -14.500  -0.9514   0.04210   0.03768  -0.0809   1.0000   0.0098
 -14.250  -0.9623   0.03899   0.03447  -0.0808   1.0000   0.0100
 -14.000  -0.9729   0.03629   0.03168  -0.0799   1.0000   0.0101
 -13.750  -0.9812   0.03410   0.02941  -0.0785   1.0000   0.0102
 -13.500  -0.9906   0.03214   0.02736  -0.0765   1.0000   0.0103
 -13.250  -0.9818   0.03013   0.02525  -0.0777   0.9984   0.0105
 -13.000  -0.9663   0.02842   0.02343  -0.0794   0.9957   0.0108
 -12.750  -0.9500   0.02706   0.02194  -0.0804   0.9929   0.0111
 -12.500  -0.9349   0.02584   0.02061  -0.0805   0.9891   0.0114
 -12.250  -0.9161   0.02482   0.01948  -0.0807   0.9861   0.0118
 -12.000  -0.8978   0.02381   0.01836  -0.0806   0.9826   0.0122
 -11.750  -0.8781   0.02288   0.01732  -0.0804   0.9783   0.0125
 -11.500  -0.8552   0.02183   0.01621  -0.0809   0.9756   0.0131
 -11.250  -0.8287   0.02100   0.01533  -0.0818   0.9739   0.0138
 -11.000  -0.8138   0.02038   0.01464  -0.0801   0.9682   0.0145
 -10.750  -0.7896   0.01966   0.01385  -0.0802   0.9653   0.0153
 -10.500  -0.7628   0.01894   0.01305  -0.0808   0.9633   0.0162
 -10.250  -0.7404   0.01836   0.01245  -0.0804   0.9596   0.0172
 -10.000  -0.7191   0.01786   0.01191  -0.0796   0.9549   0.0183
  -9.750  -0.6921   0.01730   0.01128  -0.0800   0.9521   0.0195
  -9.500  -0.6616   0.01682   0.01078  -0.0809   0.9499   0.0210
  -9.250  -0.6387   0.01647   0.01041  -0.0802   0.9438   0.0226
  -9.000  -0.6114   0.01601   0.00987  -0.0803   0.9387   0.0243
  -8.750  -0.5780   0.01562   0.00948  -0.0818   0.9356   0.0258
  -8.500  -0.5514   0.01534   0.00916  -0.0817   0.9301   0.0274
  -8.250  -0.5228   0.01500   0.00875  -0.0821   0.9252   0.0290
  -8.000  -0.4887   0.01461   0.00833  -0.0837   0.9218   0.0306
  -7.750  -0.4507   0.01430   0.00800  -0.0861   0.9192   0.0322
  -7.500  -0.4228   0.01403   0.00768  -0.0863   0.9125   0.0337
  -7.250  -0.3865   0.01373   0.00731  -0.0883   0.9074   0.0351
  -7.000  -0.3513   0.01326   0.00681  -0.0903   0.9020   0.0367
  -6.750  -0.3225   0.01295   0.00647  -0.0907   0.8937   0.0381
  -6.500  -0.2879   0.01262   0.00608  -0.0924   0.8867   0.0397
  -6.250  -0.2600   0.01239   0.00579  -0.0925   0.8758   0.0411
  -6.000  -0.2304   0.01218   0.00550  -0.0930   0.8649   0.0422
  -5.750  -0.2040   0.01179   0.00503  -0.0929   0.8524   0.0433
  -5.500  -0.1782   0.01147   0.00465  -0.0926   0.8389   0.0444
  -5.250  -0.1529   0.01124   0.00434  -0.0921   0.8234   0.0457
  -5.000  -0.1281   0.01106   0.00406  -0.0916   0.8064   0.0471
  -4.750  -0.1036   0.01091   0.00382  -0.0909   0.7888   0.0482
  -4.500  -0.0798   0.01081   0.00360  -0.0900   0.7709   0.0492
  -4.250  -0.0564   0.01074   0.00340  -0.0891   0.7533   0.0502
  -4.000  -0.0337   0.01065   0.00320  -0.0880   0.7365   0.0517
  -3.750  -0.0108   0.01056   0.00302  -0.0869   0.7218   0.0539
  -3.500   0.0125   0.01047   0.00285  -0.0860   0.7100   0.0563
  -3.250   0.0362   0.01035   0.00270  -0.0852   0.6994   0.0625
  -3.000   0.0590   0.01016   0.00259  -0.0842   0.6902   0.0974
  -2.750   0.0829   0.01007   0.00248  -0.0834   0.6804   0.1072
  -2.500   0.1069   0.00999   0.00238  -0.0826   0.6700   0.1167
  -2.250   0.1273   0.00966   0.00225  -0.0813   0.6599   0.1785
  -2.000   0.1503   0.00955   0.00218  -0.0803   0.6475   0.2063
  -1.750   0.1729   0.00949   0.00213  -0.0793   0.6321   0.2239
  -1.500   0.1950   0.00945   0.00207  -0.0781   0.6154   0.2424
  -1.250   0.2176   0.00941   0.00203  -0.0770   0.6000   0.2605
  -1.000   0.2404   0.00937   0.00200  -0.0760   0.5866   0.2810
  -0.750   0.2627   0.00933   0.00198  -0.0749   0.5721   0.3063
  -0.500   0.2850   0.00929   0.00197  -0.0738   0.5585   0.3362
  -0.250   0.3072   0.00928   0.00198  -0.0727   0.5440   0.3636
   0.000   0.3295   0.00928   0.00199  -0.0716   0.5303   0.3886
   0.250   0.3524   0.00927   0.00200  -0.0706   0.5183   0.4130
   0.500   0.3747   0.00918   0.00201  -0.0695   0.5078   0.4526
   0.750   0.3950   0.00901   0.00202  -0.0681   0.4980   0.5139
   1.000   0.4136   0.00885   0.00220  -0.0662   0.4884   0.6242
   1.250   0.4371   0.00895   0.00229  -0.0652   0.4776   0.6474
   1.500   0.4603   0.00907   0.00237  -0.0642   0.4645   0.6604
   1.750   0.4842   0.00918   0.00244  -0.0634   0.4536   0.6709
   2.000   0.5069   0.00932   0.00252  -0.0624   0.4382   0.6790
   2.250   0.5302   0.00945   0.00260  -0.0614   0.4240   0.6848
   2.500   0.5511   0.00962   0.00270  -0.0601   0.4044   0.6913
   2.750   0.5720   0.00981   0.00280  -0.0587   0.3861   0.6987
   3.000   0.5917   0.01000   0.00293  -0.0570   0.3647   0.7046
   3.250   0.6119   0.01020   0.00306  -0.0555   0.3475   0.7114
   3.500   0.6317   0.01043   0.00320  -0.0540   0.3285   0.7162
   3.750   0.6505   0.01069   0.00339  -0.0523   0.3081   0.7206
   4.000   0.6707   0.01090   0.00355  -0.0508   0.2938   0.7273
   4.250   0.6910   0.01110   0.00373  -0.0494   0.2800   0.7337
   4.500   0.7108   0.01131   0.00392  -0.0479   0.2661   0.7403
   4.750   0.7305   0.01157   0.00412  -0.0464   0.2506   0.7446
   5.000   0.7493   0.01184   0.00434  -0.0448   0.2333   0.7504
   5.250   0.7671   0.01215   0.00460  -0.0430   0.2144   0.7557
   5.500   0.7801   0.01268   0.00496  -0.0404   0.1743   0.7608
   5.750   0.7914   0.01329   0.00539  -0.0376   0.1391   0.7658
   6.000   0.8099   0.01355   0.00566  -0.0360   0.1338   0.7718
   6.250   0.8285   0.01381   0.00595  -0.0344   0.1294   0.7781
   6.500   0.8483   0.01400   0.00620  -0.0330   0.1282   0.7843
   6.750   0.8677   0.01421   0.00647  -0.0316   0.1273   0.7916
   7.000   0.8861   0.01443   0.00677  -0.0300   0.1256   0.8011
   7.250   0.9028   0.01467   0.00710  -0.0282   0.1229   0.8181
   7.500   0.9317   0.01483   0.00753  -0.0289   0.1208   0.8838
   7.750   1.0058   0.01546   0.00825  -0.0398   0.1173   0.9586
   8.000   1.0298   0.01596   0.00875  -0.0398   0.1141   1.0000
   8.250   1.0490   0.01624   0.00907  -0.0385   0.1124   1.0000
   8.500   1.0672   0.01658   0.00945  -0.0371   0.1103   1.0000
   8.750   1.0844   0.01697   0.00987  -0.0356   0.1081   1.0000
   9.000   1.1009   0.01740   0.01034  -0.0340   0.1056   1.0000
   9.250   1.1161   0.01792   0.01086  -0.0323   0.1026   1.0000
   9.500   1.1312   0.01845   0.01141  -0.0307   0.0989   1.0000
   9.750   1.1509   0.01876   0.01178  -0.0297   0.0950   1.0000
  10.000   1.1668   0.01928   0.01230  -0.0283   0.0870   1.0000
  10.250   1.1677   0.02064   0.01338  -0.0251   0.0479   1.0000
  10.500   1.1747   0.02172   0.01447  -0.0227   0.0392   1.0000
  10.750   1.1854   0.02263   0.01541  -0.0210   0.0347   1.0000
  11.000   1.1949   0.02365   0.01645  -0.0192   0.0306   1.0000
  11.250   1.2058   0.02462   0.01746  -0.0176   0.0278   1.0000
  11.500   1.2146   0.02577   0.01865  -0.0160   0.0251   1.0000
  11.750   1.2254   0.02682   0.01975  -0.0147   0.0230   1.0000
  12.000   1.2335   0.02811   0.02107  -0.0133   0.0206   1.0000
  12.250   1.2423   0.02940   0.02241  -0.0120   0.0189   1.0000
  12.500   1.2506   0.03078   0.02384  -0.0109   0.0176   1.0000
  12.750   1.2576   0.03232   0.02543  -0.0098   0.0165   1.0000
  13.000   1.2632   0.03402   0.02718  -0.0088   0.0156   1.0000
  13.250   1.2701   0.03568   0.02892  -0.0079   0.0148   1.0000
  13.500   1.2758   0.03749   0.03081  -0.0072   0.0142   1.0000
  13.750   1.2805   0.03944   0.03283  -0.0065   0.0136   1.0000
  14.000   1.2837   0.04159   0.03504  -0.0059   0.0129   1.0000
  14.250   1.2849   0.04401   0.03754  -0.0054   0.0124   1.0000
  14.500   1.2858   0.04655   0.04016  -0.0050   0.0120   1.0000
  14.750   1.2882   0.04897   0.04268  -0.0047   0.0117   1.0000
  15.000   1.2895   0.05159   0.04539  -0.0046   0.0113   1.0000
  15.250   1.2899   0.05436   0.04826  -0.0046   0.0110   1.0000
  15.500   1.2904   0.05720   0.05118  -0.0048   0.0105   1.0000
  15.750   1.2882   0.06041   0.05448  -0.0050   0.0104   1.0000
  16.000   1.2857   0.06372   0.05788  -0.0054   0.0099   1.0000
  16.250   1.2816   0.06730   0.06155  -0.0059   0.0098   1.0000
  16.500   1.2754   0.07126   0.06560  -0.0066   0.0096   1.0000
  16.750   1.2684   0.07537   0.06981  -0.0074   0.0095   1.0000
  17.000   1.2591   0.07987   0.07441  -0.0084   0.0092   1.0000
  17.250   1.2536   0.08393   0.07858  -0.0094   0.0091   1.0000
  17.500   1.2477   0.08812   0.08288  -0.0105   0.0090   1.0000
  17.750   1.2414   0.09241   0.08727  -0.0117   0.0088   1.0000
  18.000   1.2336   0.09697   0.09194  -0.0131   0.0087   1.0000
  18.250   1.2270   0.10141   0.09648  -0.0145   0.0085   1.0000
  18.500   1.2189   0.10616   0.10132  -0.0161   0.0084   1.0000
  18.750   1.2128   0.11064   0.10590  -0.0177   0.0082   1.0000
  19.000   1.2046   0.11547   0.11082  -0.0195   0.0081   1.0000
  19.250   1.1970   0.12025   0.11569  -0.0214   0.0080   1.0000
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