Airfoil Data
E587

The EPPLER 587 AIRFOIL is a 12.4% chord-thickness airfoil with a maximum camber of 6.2% at 43% chord, suited to high-lift UAV wings, RC sailplanes, and low-Reynolds-number slow-flyers. At zero angle of attack the cambered geometry generates positive lift, giving an estimated zero-lift angle of -6.2°.

Thin airfoil theory predicts a stall angle near 11.5° and a peak lift-to-drag ratio around 69 at typical UAV and light-aircraft Reynolds numbers — useful benchmarks before running a full XFOIL or NeuralFoil polar. The 12% thickness provides structural depth for main-spar placement without excessive drag penalty at moderate speeds.

Designers evaluating the E587 typically compare it against profiles of similar thickness: NACA M18, N-22, EPPLER 657 AIRFOIL, GOE 654 AIRFOIL, EPPLER 432 AIRFOIL. The NPL 9626 AIRFOIL is another reference profile frequently considered alongside it.