brian whatcott schreef:
jan olieslagers wrote:
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How do I calculate from the basic parameters the behaviour of the
profile, i.e. the Cl curves? And perhaps other nice info like the
leading edge diameter?

Generally: any pointers to in-depth information that a non-engineer
can mentally digest?

TIA,

I think you would be best served by a 2-D flow visualizer of which there
are several out there. I don't think hand computation of reasonable
values for lift n drag are reasonable objectives.

Hand computing wasn't really my idea. I've some nice machines down here
called computers. In today's world of office productivity it is lightly
overlooked, still there it is: computers are cheap and plenty today -
and computation is what they were originally meant for. I do mean to
apply this mechanical computation to describe and plot airfoils.

As for the flow visualisers: I'll be grateful for a suggestion of one I
can run from the Linux command line.

Thanks again,
KA