Airfoil Data
GOE298

The GOE 298 AIRFOIL is a 10.4% chord-thickness airfoil with a maximum camber of 5.2% at 40% chord, suited to general-aviation and UAV wing design. At zero angle of attack the cambered geometry generates positive lift, giving an estimated zero-lift angle of -5.2°.

Thin airfoil theory predicts a stall angle near 11.7° and a peak lift-to-drag ratio around 65 at typical UAV and light-aircraft Reynolds numbers — useful benchmarks before running a full XFOIL or NeuralFoil polar. The 10% thickness provides structural depth for main-spar placement without excessive drag penalty at moderate speeds.

The GOE298 appears in the wing design of at least 1 documented aircraft — notably by Fokker. Its proven track record across canard designs makes it one of the more field-validated profiles in the UIUC database.

Designers evaluating the GOE298 typically compare it against profiles of similar thickness: RAF-48 AIRFOIL, EPPLER 543 AIRFOIL, SG6040, GOE 238 (HANSA-BRANDENBURG) AIRFOIL, GOE 500 AIRFOIL. The GOE 397 AIRFOIL is another reference profile frequently considered alongside it.