{"id":410,"date":"2018-12-29T17:06:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-29T17:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peterklemperer.com\/blog\/?p=410"},"modified":"2018-12-29T17:06:07","modified_gmt":"2018-12-29T17:06:07","slug":"playing-with-airfoils-nasa-prandtl-d-model-design-and-build-experience-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterklemperer.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/29\/playing-with-airfoils-nasa-prandtl-d-model-design-and-build-experience-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing with Airfoils: NASA Prandtl-D Model Design and Build Experience Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This post is a summary of my experience designing a model airplane flying wing based on the NASA Prandtl experimental flying wing. I then built a very simplified version with the help of Paul Voss using his CNC foam wing cutter. These notes aren’t complete and mostly just a personal storehouse in case I return to the project. If you ask, I’ll dig up more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prandtl-D Rendering based on Bowers et. al, XFOIL5, and Fusion 360<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Prandtl-D is a tailless wing design that uses washout to generate yaw stability instead of the usual vertical stabilizer configuration. For this project, I studied the Prandtl-D documentation from “On Wings of the Minimum Induced Drag: Spanload Implications for Aircraft and Birds” by Bowers et. al.<\/a>
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