Airfoil Data
GOE482
GOE 482 AIRFOIL
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The GOE 482 AIRFOIL is a thick 16.4% chord-thickness airfoil with a maximum camber of 8.2% at 30% 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 -8.2°.
Thin airfoil theory predicts a stall angle near 10.0° and a peak lift-to-drag ratio around 74 at typical UAV and light-aircraft Reynolds numbers — useful benchmarks before running a full XFOIL or NeuralFoil polar. The 16% thickness provides structural depth for main-spar placement without excessive drag penalty at moderate speeds.
The GOE482 appears in the wing design of at least 1 documented aircraft — notably by Akaflieg. Its proven track record across canard designs makes it one of the more field-validated profiles in the UIUC database.
Designers evaluating the GOE482 typically compare it against profiles of similar thickness: GOE 243 (MVA PR.3) AIRFOIL, MI-STRUT1, GOE 384 AIRFOIL, USA 34 AIRFOIL, St. CYR 234 (Bartel 17-IC). The AH 93-W-300 is another reference profile frequently considered alongside it.
Aircraft Using the GOE482 Airfoil
Akaflieg Hannover Vampyr | Akaflieg | Goettingen 482 | Constant |
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Engineers evaluating the GOE482 frequently compare it against profiles with comparable geometric constraints. Below are the closest matches based on maximum thickness (16.4%) and max camber (8.2%).
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