how much the airfoil wants to pitch up.ĭominating the design screen is a large black graph with green, red, and yellow lines on it, like Figure 1.how much the airfoil wants to pull back, and.Designing an AirfoilĮvery airfoil ever designed has its own specific characteristics, which are its coefficients of
Save As: Use this to save an airfoil that was created or modified under a different name.Ĭonvert All Airfoils to Latest Format: Use this for the program to automatically update any airfoils that were designed for X‑Plane version 7 or earlier so they are compatible with the latest version of the simulator.Įxit: Exit Airfoil Maker. Save: Use this to save an airfoil that was created or modified. Open: Use this to open an existing airfoil for viewing or modification. Files are created, loaded, and saved here the only difference is that, instead of text documents, Airfoil Maker is opening and saving files that represent airfoils. The menus of Airfoil Maker are very simple.Ībout: The About menu’s only option, Version, will display the version of the program and check for updates from the website.įile Menu: The file menu works just like the file menu of any word processor or spreadsheet application.
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