USA 51 AIRFOIL (usa51-il) Xfoil prediction polar at RE=500,000 Ncrit=9
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| Airfoil: USA 51 AIRFOIL (usa51-il) Reynolds number: 500,000 Max Cl/Cd: 80.75 at α=4° Description: Mach=0 Ncrit=9 Source: Xfoil prediction Download polar: xf-usa51-il-500000.txt Download as CSV file: xf-usa51-il-500000.csv | 
  
       XFOIL         Version 6.96
  
 Calculated polar for: USA 51 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 =   9.000
  
   alpha    CL        CD       CDp       CM     Top_Xtr  Bot_Xtr
  ------ -------- --------- --------- -------- -------- --------
 -10.750  -0.4528   0.11366   0.11130  -0.0170   1.0000   0.0183
 -10.500  -0.4501   0.10996   0.10761  -0.0185   1.0000   0.0184
 -10.250  -0.4484   0.10597   0.10364  -0.0204   1.0000   0.0186
  -9.750  -0.3680   0.08563   0.08351  -0.0286   1.0000   0.0194
  -9.500  -0.3647   0.08296   0.08085  -0.0281   1.0000   0.0199
  -9.250  -0.3641   0.07966   0.07757  -0.0284   1.0000   0.0203
  -9.000  -0.3641   0.07642   0.07435  -0.0287   1.0000   0.0208
  -8.750  -0.3658   0.07291   0.07085  -0.0292   1.0000   0.0215
  -8.500  -0.3719   0.06864   0.06661  -0.0301   1.0000   0.0217
  -8.250  -0.3798   0.06445   0.06245  -0.0311   1.0000   0.0220
  -8.000  -0.3922   0.06014   0.05819  -0.0321   1.0000   0.0219
  -7.750  -0.4168   0.05602   0.05412  -0.0331   1.0000   0.0216
  -7.500  -0.4372   0.05240   0.05050  -0.0329   1.0000   0.0217
  -7.250  -0.4534   0.04765   0.04571  -0.0329   1.0000   0.0215
  -7.000  -0.4624   0.04366   0.04166  -0.0322   1.0000   0.0219
  -6.750  -0.4692   0.03950   0.03740  -0.0311   1.0000   0.0222
  -6.500  -0.4631   0.03426   0.03199  -0.0323   0.9986   0.0233
  -6.250  -0.4344   0.02910   0.02637  -0.0355   0.9953   0.0258
  -6.000  -0.4778   0.02963   0.02586  -0.0311   0.9949   0.0182
  -5.750  -0.4545   0.02369   0.01927  -0.0319   0.9908   0.0173
  -5.500  -0.4235   0.02044   0.01551  -0.0328   0.9871   0.0176
  -5.250  -0.3873   0.01846   0.01314  -0.0345   0.9844   0.0182
  -5.000  -0.3549   0.01629   0.01065  -0.0357   0.9810   0.0199
  -4.750  -0.3212   0.01526   0.00955  -0.0370   0.9762   0.0211
  -4.500  -0.2833   0.01427   0.00846  -0.0391   0.9728   0.0226
  -4.250  -0.2448   0.01341   0.00750  -0.0412   0.9706   0.0245
  -4.000  -0.2119   0.01312   0.00713  -0.0420   0.9653   0.0259
  -3.750  -0.1806   0.01151   0.00546  -0.0428   0.9607   0.0295
  -3.500  -0.1423   0.01087   0.00480  -0.0449   0.9576   0.0328
  -3.250  -0.1091   0.01046   0.00434  -0.0459   0.9516   0.0355
  -3.000  -0.0781   0.00970   0.00354  -0.0464   0.9441   0.0403
  -2.750  -0.0486   0.00930   0.00311  -0.0466   0.9339   0.0446
  -2.500  -0.0182   0.00894   0.00272  -0.0469   0.9225   0.0509
  -2.250   0.0108   0.00852   0.00239  -0.0469   0.9068   0.0747
  -2.000   0.0387   0.00783   0.00211  -0.0470   0.8866   0.1937
  -1.750   0.0657   0.00725   0.00188  -0.0469   0.8610   0.3144
  -1.500   0.0865   0.00646   0.00171  -0.0456   0.8331   0.5281
  -1.250   0.1043   0.00596   0.00166  -0.0432   0.8047   0.7053
  -1.000   0.1246   0.00577   0.00166  -0.0411   0.7762   0.8001
  -0.750   0.1485   0.00573   0.00168  -0.0397   0.7474   0.8709
  -0.500   0.1848   0.00581   0.00171  -0.0410   0.7182   0.9208
  -0.250   0.2272   0.00599   0.00174  -0.0439   0.6885   0.9457
   0.000   0.2700   0.00623   0.00180  -0.0468   0.6521   0.9654
   0.250   0.3145   0.00656   0.00187  -0.0502   0.6000   0.9805
   0.500   0.3589   0.00693   0.00190  -0.0538   0.5349   0.9894
   0.750   0.3996   0.00721   0.00193  -0.0567   0.4952   0.9956
   1.000   0.4404   0.00737   0.00193  -0.0597   0.4706   1.0000
   1.250   0.4614   0.00748   0.00194  -0.0585   0.4553   1.0000
   1.500   0.4830   0.00758   0.00196  -0.0573   0.4419   1.0000
   1.750   0.5050   0.00768   0.00200  -0.0561   0.4295   1.0000
   2.000   0.5274   0.00779   0.00205  -0.0551   0.4195   1.0000
   2.250   0.5499   0.00792   0.00211  -0.0540   0.4096   1.0000
   2.500   0.5730   0.00802   0.00218  -0.0531   0.3991   1.0000
   2.750   0.5963   0.00813   0.00227  -0.0521   0.3886   1.0000
   3.000   0.6195   0.00826   0.00235  -0.0512   0.3772   1.0000
   3.250   0.6428   0.00839   0.00244  -0.0503   0.3640   1.0000
   3.500   0.6663   0.00852   0.00254  -0.0494   0.3510   1.0000
   3.750   0.6898   0.00866   0.00265  -0.0485   0.3356   1.0000
   4.000   0.7130   0.00883   0.00277  -0.0476   0.3145   1.0000
   4.250   0.7341   0.00920   0.00292  -0.0464   0.2660   1.0000
   4.500   0.7489   0.01019   0.00333  -0.0443   0.1619   1.0000
   4.750   0.7697   0.01065   0.00366  -0.0430   0.1398   1.0000
   5.000   0.7917   0.01100   0.00398  -0.0419   0.1303   1.0000
   5.250   0.8145   0.01127   0.00424  -0.0410   0.1236   1.0000
   5.500   0.8368   0.01160   0.00454  -0.0400   0.1167   1.0000
   5.750   0.8601   0.01182   0.00478  -0.0392   0.1100   1.0000
   6.000   0.8830   0.01208   0.00504  -0.0383   0.1005   1.0000
   6.250   0.9021   0.01271   0.00531  -0.0369   0.0456   1.0000
   6.500   0.9200   0.01348   0.00604  -0.0351   0.0270   1.0000
   6.750   0.9405   0.01401   0.00668  -0.0337   0.0239   1.0000
   7.000   0.9593   0.01471   0.00753  -0.0320   0.0209   1.0000
   7.250   0.9789   0.01532   0.00823  -0.0305   0.0194   1.0000
   7.500   0.9982   0.01593   0.00891  -0.0290   0.0183   1.0000
   7.750   1.0163   0.01663   0.00970  -0.0274   0.0173   1.0000
   8.000   1.0332   0.01742   0.01057  -0.0255   0.0164   1.0000
   8.250   1.0484   0.01832   0.01153  -0.0235   0.0156   1.0000
   8.500   1.0597   0.01949   0.01279  -0.0209   0.0148   1.0000
   9.000   1.0770   0.02231   0.01577  -0.0152   0.0136   1.0000
   9.250   1.0923   0.02310   0.01664  -0.0133   0.0131   1.0000
   9.500   1.1047   0.02419   0.01781  -0.0110   0.0127   1.0000
   9.750   1.1154   0.02534   0.01903  -0.0085   0.0124   1.0000
  10.000   1.1255   0.02662   0.02039  -0.0060   0.0121   1.0000
  10.250   1.1360   0.02798   0.02185  -0.0036   0.0118   1.0000
  10.500   1.1473   0.02955   0.02353  -0.0015   0.0117   1.0000
  10.750   1.1588   0.03136   0.02545   0.0004   0.0116   1.0000
  11.000   1.1694   0.03326   0.02748   0.0023   0.0115   1.0000
  11.250   1.1780   0.03531   0.02970   0.0044   0.0115   1.0000
  11.500   1.1845   0.03657   0.03099   0.0063   0.0108   1.0000
  11.750   1.1916   0.03825   0.03274   0.0080   0.0105   1.0000
  12.000   1.1960   0.04037   0.03494   0.0097   0.0102   1.0000
  12.250   1.1991   0.04287   0.03757   0.0114   0.0101   1.0000
  17.000   0.6977   0.17533   0.17335  -0.0511   0.0201   1.0000
  17.250   0.6968   0.18060   0.17862  -0.0538   0.0200   1.0000
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