Airfoil Data
DF101

The DF 101 AIRFOIL is a thin 7.7% chord-thickness airfoil with a maximum camber of 3.8% at 34% chord, suited to high-speed UAVs, sailplane tip sections, and propeller blade design. At zero angle of attack the cambered geometry generates positive lift, giving an estimated zero-lift angle of -3.8°.

Thin airfoil theory predicts a stall angle near 11.8° and a peak lift-to-drag ratio around 57 at typical UAV and light-aircraft Reynolds numbers — useful benchmarks before running a full XFOIL or NeuralFoil polar. The slim profile minimises pressure drag at higher speeds but leaves limited spar depth for structural integration.

Designers evaluating the DF101 typically compare it against profiles of similar thickness: USA 41 AIRFOIL, Legionair 140 (digitized and smoothed by MSelig), DF102, FX 84-W-097, GOE 276 (DAIMLER VII) AIRFOIL. The GOE 567 AIRFOIL is another reference profile frequently considered alongside it.