Kevin Ulmer asked 4 years ago
What is the best way to build a local data base of airfoils? For example, from http://airfoiltools.com. Which of their formats would be best to export, i.e., Lednicer, Selig or Source? Is there a way to do this “in bulk” rather than one foil at a time?
1 Answers
techwinder Staff answered 4 years ago
The format recognised by xflr5 and flow5 is the Selig type with the foil’s name in the first line, and the coordinates running from TE to LE by way of the upper surface and back to the TE.
It is possible to load multiple airfoils at the same time in xflr5, then to analyse them in batches (Ctrl+F6)