I feel almost like a noob for not knowing this, because everybody else seems to talk about it and know what it is, yet I have no clue.
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What is the difference between using Flat Bottomed, Semi Symmetrical, and Symmetrical airfoils?
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I think they generate different amounts of lift, but I have no clue when to use them or where. I think it is like this from the least to the most lift: Symmetric, Semi-Symmetric, and the most lift is Flat Bottomed.
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So somebody please help and tell me where and when to use these!!
@Lahoski107 They produce some lift, just very little.
Symmetric airfoil doesn't produce lift at all
@SlowJet primary wings use semi or flat bottom
@randomusername I know what it is, but I didn't know how they worked in SP. But now I got help so I'm good.
Thanks for asking this question, I was wondering what the airfoils did too.
Np! :)
@Dllama4 It helped, thank you!
Sorry if that did not answer your question. :)
"In real world, there are thousands of different airfoils. SP offers a few of the basic ones. Symmetric airfoil provides minimal lift with minimal difference between low-speed and high-speed performance. It's good for fast planes, like jet fighters, and for horizontal stabilizers. Semi-symmetric provides a balance of lift and speed, being good for planes that go at subsonic speeds, but are not too slow. Flat bottom airfoil provides maximum lift. It's good for STOL aircraft and gliders."
-EternalDarkness
You can see what the semi symmetric and symmetric airfoil do in the fight school section of simpleplanes. However it doesn't talk about flatbottom airfoils.
@Yellow Doesn't really help, none of them say flat-bottomed, symmetric, or semi-symmetric. It's all different/
Use Semi or Flat for main airfoils, and Symmetric for stabilizers (or is it Semi?)
To be honest. I dont know.