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USA 48 AIRFOIL (usa48-il) Xfoil prediction polar at RE=500,000 Ncrit=9


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Airfoil: USA 48 AIRFOIL (usa48-il)
Reynolds number: 500,000
Max Cl/Cd: 85.06 at α=6°
Description: Mach=0 Ncrit=9
Source: Xfoil prediction
Download polar: xf-usa48-il-500000.txt
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       XFOIL         Version 6.96
  
 Calculated polar for: USA 48 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
  ------ -------- --------- --------- -------- -------- --------
 -15.000  -0.7070   0.08310   0.08024  -0.0642   1.0000   0.0173
 -14.750  -0.6407   0.09305   0.09043  -0.0573   1.0000   0.0178
 -14.500  -0.8048   0.06052   0.05705  -0.0778   1.0000   0.0169
 -14.250  -0.8274   0.05477   0.05112  -0.0805   1.0000   0.0169
 -14.000  -0.8464   0.05014   0.04633  -0.0818   1.0000   0.0169
 -13.750  -0.8642   0.04620   0.04225  -0.0821   1.0000   0.0170
 -13.500  -0.8788   0.04300   0.03892  -0.0815   1.0000   0.0171
 -13.250  -0.8854   0.04101   0.03689  -0.0803   1.0000   0.0174
 -13.000  -0.8980   0.03865   0.03442  -0.0785   1.0000   0.0174
 -12.750  -0.9066   0.03713   0.03283  -0.0762   1.0000   0.0176
 -12.500  -0.9211   0.03552   0.03113  -0.0727   1.0000   0.0177
 -12.250  -0.9377   0.03437   0.02990  -0.0679   1.0000   0.0178
 -12.000  -0.9557   0.03375   0.02922  -0.0618   1.0000   0.0179
 -11.750  -0.9552   0.03270   0.02807  -0.0590   0.9991   0.0181
 -11.500  -0.9323   0.03150   0.02673  -0.0602   0.9962   0.0187
 -11.250  -0.9086   0.03001   0.02507  -0.0615   0.9938   0.0193
 -11.000  -0.8884   0.02849   0.02335  -0.0618   0.9901   0.0200
 -10.750  -0.8650   0.02688   0.02151  -0.0625   0.9870   0.0206
 -10.500  -0.8367   0.02579   0.02039  -0.0641   0.9848   0.0214
 -10.250  -0.8063   0.02533   0.01990  -0.0655   0.9826   0.0222
 -10.000  -0.7829   0.02474   0.01924  -0.0654   0.9780   0.0231
  -9.750  -0.7538   0.02375   0.01811  -0.0665   0.9751   0.0241
  -9.500  -0.7218   0.02256   0.01675  -0.0681   0.9731   0.0252
  -9.250  -0.6855   0.02168   0.01588  -0.0707   0.9715   0.0263
  -9.000  -0.6626   0.02123   0.01539  -0.0701   0.9647   0.0273
  -8.750  -0.6283   0.02066   0.01472  -0.0718   0.9619   0.0290
  -8.500  -0.5949   0.01984   0.01379  -0.0734   0.9601   0.0306
  -8.250  -0.5604   0.01907   0.01305  -0.0754   0.9588   0.0321
  -8.000  -0.5410   0.01861   0.01255  -0.0739   0.9517   0.0335
  -7.750  -0.5080   0.01812   0.01199  -0.0752   0.9489   0.0354
  -7.500  -0.4750   0.01717   0.01098  -0.0767   0.9470   0.0375
  -7.250  -0.4401   0.01642   0.01025  -0.0785   0.9455   0.0395
  -7.000  -0.4176   0.01592   0.00973  -0.0776   0.9391   0.0413
  -6.750  -0.3854   0.01547   0.00922  -0.0786   0.9358   0.0432
  -6.500  -0.3539   0.01443   0.00815  -0.0797   0.9333   0.0454
  -6.250  -0.3183   0.01362   0.00735  -0.0817   0.9313   0.0479
  -6.000  -0.2941   0.01312   0.00681  -0.0811   0.9241   0.0500
  -5.750  -0.2590   0.01261   0.00626  -0.0827   0.9198   0.0518
  -5.500  -0.2213   0.01195   0.00554  -0.0851   0.9165   0.0542
  -5.250  -0.1951   0.01143   0.00499  -0.0848   0.9078   0.0566
  -5.000  -0.1582   0.01096   0.00446  -0.0869   0.9017   0.0594
  -4.750  -0.1298   0.01066   0.00409  -0.0870   0.8917   0.0617
  -4.500  -0.0927   0.01033   0.00372  -0.0890   0.8842   0.0669
  -4.250  -0.0687   0.00996   0.00348  -0.0882   0.8714   0.0936
  -4.000  -0.0421   0.00969   0.00323  -0.0880   0.8585   0.1160
  -3.750  -0.0196   0.00915   0.00297  -0.0872   0.8442   0.1962
  -3.250   0.0312   0.00878   0.00267  -0.0861   0.8118   0.2524
  -3.000   0.0558   0.00864   0.00254  -0.0854   0.7951   0.2778
  -2.750   0.0800   0.00854   0.00245  -0.0846   0.7793   0.3049
  -2.500   0.1040   0.00845   0.00238  -0.0838   0.7653   0.3322
  -2.250   0.1284   0.00840   0.00232  -0.0831   0.7526   0.3570
  -2.000   0.1521   0.00835   0.00227  -0.0822   0.7388   0.3822
  -1.750   0.1751   0.00830   0.00222  -0.0812   0.7241   0.4086
  -1.500   0.1975   0.00824   0.00217  -0.0800   0.7097   0.4383
  -1.000   0.2395   0.00789   0.00209  -0.0772   0.6855   0.5289
  -0.750   0.2584   0.00778   0.00225  -0.0752   0.6748   0.6223
  -0.500   0.2819   0.00787   0.00232  -0.0741   0.6633   0.6516
  -0.250   0.3059   0.00795   0.00237  -0.0732   0.6523   0.6698
   0.000   0.3297   0.00804   0.00241  -0.0722   0.6412   0.6835
   0.250   0.3531   0.00815   0.00245  -0.0711   0.6294   0.6955
   0.500   0.3766   0.00820   0.00250  -0.0701   0.6176   0.7060
   0.750   0.4002   0.00827   0.00254  -0.0691   0.6063   0.7152
   1.000   0.4236   0.00836   0.00258  -0.0681   0.5953   0.7226
   1.250   0.4475   0.00843   0.00261  -0.0672   0.5841   0.7288
   1.500   0.4714   0.00849   0.00265  -0.0663   0.5734   0.7345
   1.750   0.4947   0.00860   0.00270  -0.0653   0.5632   0.7411
   2.000   0.5182   0.00865   0.00275  -0.0643   0.5522   0.7474
   2.250   0.5412   0.00874   0.00281  -0.0633   0.5407   0.7542
   2.500   0.5644   0.00883   0.00286  -0.0623   0.5314   0.7606
   2.750   0.5876   0.00889   0.00293  -0.0613   0.5212   0.7676
   3.000   0.6105   0.00899   0.00301  -0.0602   0.5111   0.7746
   3.500   0.6545   0.00912   0.00315  -0.0578   0.4893   0.7915
   3.750   0.6763   0.00917   0.00323  -0.0565   0.4779   0.7992
   4.000   0.6967   0.00927   0.00331  -0.0550   0.4656   0.8071
   4.250   0.7171   0.00934   0.00340  -0.0535   0.4534   0.8133
   4.500   0.7377   0.00943   0.00349  -0.0520   0.4396   0.8198
   4.750   0.7572   0.00955   0.00361  -0.0504   0.4235   0.8271
   5.000   0.7765   0.00968   0.00375  -0.0487   0.4074   0.8376
   5.250   0.7953   0.00982   0.00392  -0.0469   0.3904   0.8543
   5.500   0.8261   0.01000   0.00422  -0.0478   0.3700   0.8974
   5.750   0.8924   0.01055   0.00471  -0.0568   0.3403   0.9510
   6.000   0.9433   0.01109   0.00514  -0.0624   0.3145   0.9967
   6.250   0.9600   0.01145   0.00541  -0.0605   0.2956   1.0000
   6.500   0.9733   0.01180   0.00566  -0.0578   0.2739   1.0000
   6.750   0.9855   0.01224   0.00596  -0.0550   0.2487   1.0000
   7.000   0.9980   0.01271   0.00630  -0.0523   0.2222   1.0000
   7.250   1.0064   0.01338   0.00675  -0.0489   0.1833   1.0000
   7.500   1.0152   0.01407   0.00725  -0.0458   0.1550   1.0000
   7.750   1.0291   0.01456   0.00768  -0.0435   0.1459   1.0000
   8.000   1.0445   0.01499   0.00809  -0.0415   0.1410   1.0000
   8.250   1.0591   0.01547   0.00855  -0.0394   0.1360   1.0000
   8.500   1.0760   0.01585   0.00897  -0.0378   0.1329   1.0000
   8.750   1.0915   0.01630   0.00944  -0.0359   0.1295   1.0000
   9.000   1.1051   0.01686   0.01000  -0.0339   0.1256   1.0000
   9.250   1.1182   0.01746   0.01061  -0.0318   0.1217   1.0000
   9.500   1.1365   0.01782   0.01104  -0.0305   0.1189   1.0000
   9.750   1.1517   0.01835   0.01160  -0.0289   0.1143   1.0000
  10.000   1.1616   0.01916   0.01240  -0.0266   0.1084   1.0000
  10.250   1.1825   0.01943   0.01273  -0.0259   0.1007   1.0000
  10.500   1.1892   0.02050   0.01350  -0.0234   0.0567   1.0000
  10.750   1.1874   0.02211   0.01505  -0.0200   0.0420   1.0000
  11.000   1.1913   0.02347   0.01643  -0.0175   0.0365   1.0000
  11.250   1.1997   0.02461   0.01763  -0.0157   0.0336   1.0000
  11.500   1.2034   0.02612   0.01918  -0.0136   0.0310   1.0000
  11.750   1.2095   0.02753   0.02067  -0.0119   0.0290   1.0000
  12.000   1.2169   0.02890   0.02212  -0.0104   0.0276   1.0000
  12.250   1.2223   0.03050   0.02377  -0.0090   0.0263   1.0000
  12.500   1.2203   0.03278   0.02612  -0.0074   0.0249   1.0000
  12.750   1.2228   0.03479   0.02822  -0.0063   0.0241   1.0000
  13.000   1.2293   0.03653   0.03004  -0.0054   0.0231   1.0000
  13.250   1.2336   0.03851   0.03210  -0.0047   0.0223   1.0000
  13.500   1.2357   0.04076   0.03442  -0.0040   0.0216   1.0000
  13.750   1.2359   0.04326   0.03700  -0.0034   0.0211   1.0000
  14.000   1.2326   0.04622   0.04003  -0.0030   0.0204   1.0000
  14.250   1.2221   0.05002   0.04392  -0.0025   0.0199   1.0000
  14.500   1.2230   0.05271   0.04670  -0.0024   0.0196   1.0000
  14.750   1.2231   0.05555   0.04964  -0.0024   0.0192   1.0000
  15.000   1.2246   0.05831   0.05249  -0.0025   0.0187   1.0000
  15.250   1.2237   0.06138   0.05565  -0.0027   0.0183   1.0000
  15.500   1.2220   0.06459   0.05893  -0.0030   0.0178   1.0000
  15.750   1.2215   0.06772   0.06213  -0.0035   0.0173   1.0000
  16.000   1.2197   0.07106   0.06554  -0.0040   0.0169   1.0000
  16.250   1.2160   0.07462   0.06917  -0.0045   0.0168   1.0000
  16.500   1.2102   0.07842   0.07302  -0.0051   0.0163   1.0000
  16.750   1.2031   0.08216   0.07681  -0.0052   0.0160   1.0000
  17.000   1.2036   0.08541   0.08016  -0.0060   0.0158   1.0000
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