Updates

New personal www.michaelselig.com and newsletter michaelselig.substack.com.

David Lednicer's The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage page was updated with approximately 125 additional aircraft. The complete list now includes nearly 6800 aircraft entries.

Added new UIUC propeller data Volume 4 - Includes experimental data for 17 APC Thin Electric 2-bladed, fixed propellers with diameters of 12 to 21 in with various pitch values. Download the paper: PDF

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For questions, please contact Prof. Michael Selig, Emeritus.

UIUC Low Speed Airfoil Tests

Information on the UIUC Low Speed Airfoil Tests (UIUC LSATs) for model aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, small wind turbines, and more. Summary of Low-Speed Airfoil Data - Volumes 1,2, 3, 4, and 5 are available. Volume 4 [PDF] was published as a NREL report that includes many wind turbine airfoils at low Reynolds numbers. UIUC LSATs airfoil data from Volumes 1-4, and 6 are here.

UIUC Airfoil Data Site

The UIUC Airfoil Data Site includes airfoil coordinates for approximately 1,600 airfoils. Also useful is The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage compiled and maintained by Dave Lednicer. The guide includes a listing of what airfoils have been used on approximately 6,400 aircraft.

Research

A general description of our research covering our main areas of interests.