What are some recommended low speed airfoils for fly-by-wire projects?

[mleesk]

i am doing a project on fly-by-wire and need a wing which creates great lift at low speed. i am got a couple choices on my hand but not sure which one to go for. can anyone suggest any others? eppler 61(?) and gottingen 639 are my choices. any offers? thanks.

 

[Danger]

Welcome to PF, Mleesk.
I'm afraid that I don't know what those terms mean.
From a pilot's perspective, I'd look into whatever the German 'Stork' aeroplane used. That's the slowest thing that I've ever seen in my life. I'm old and have emphysema and arthritis, but I can probably still run faster than its take-off speed. I once saw one flying backward over a runway because it had a 20mph headwind.

 

[mleesk]

thanks for the reply. i think this could be something i am looking for. i will look into it. thanks again.

 

[TVP45]

Welcome to PF, Mleesk.
I'm afraid that I don't know what those terms mean.
From a pilot's perspective, I'd look into whatever the German 'Stork' aeroplane used. That's the slowest thing that I've ever seen in my life. I'm old and have emphysema and arthritis, but I can probably still run faster than its take-off speed. I once saw one flying backward over a runway because it had a 20mph headwind.

Is that the one that supposedly could land crossways on a berlin boulevard?

 

[DaveC426913]

Is that the one that supposedly could land crossways on a berlin boulevard?

Jeez that runway was short!

Yeah, but sure was wide...

Ba dum bum.

 

[montoyas7940]

Zenith Zodiac CH701

This is a stol airplane that uses flaps and leading edge slats. The designer (Chris Heinz)might even help you out with a drawing.

 

[Danger]

Is that the one that supposedly could land crossways on a berlin boulevard?

I haven't heard that before, but I wouldn't doubt it. With any kind of decent headwind, it was capable of VTOL performance.

Good catch, Dave.

 

[ank_gl]

not only type of airfoil, its geometrical structure also effect the lift generated

 

[TVP45]

I haven't heard that before, but I wouldn't doubt it. With any kind of decent headwind, it was capable of VTOL performance.

Good catch, Dave.

I may have that bollixed up. I was thinking of Hanna Reisch's flight out of Berlin; I don't know what plane she used. The Stork was the one Skorzeny used to get Mussolini off the mountaintop prison.

 

[vitorpy]

Try Lissaman airfoils. Micheal Selig's lab at IndianaU works with low speed aerodynamics, google it and you may find a nice airfoil there (there's a nice database).