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Old 12-13-2002 | 04:25 AM
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Default High Quality (and Cheap) Airfoil Program!
Originally posted by Jack Hyde
Your post raises a question I have. If you look at Cl/Cd the 7037 foil beats the MH32 across the range. Why is the MH32 the popular foil of the day?
The 70K polar does not cover the conditions of most interest on a 3m glider. You'd have to look at polars at 250-300K or so. The MH32 in this case does much better at low CL, like in a fast penetration glide.
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