Airfoil Data
GOE532
GOE 532 AIRFOIL
Wing Geometry Simulator
The GOE 532 AIRFOIL is a 11.0% chord-thickness airfoil with a maximum camber of 5.5% at 30% 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 -5.5°.
Thin airfoil theory predicts a stall angle near 11.6° and a peak lift-to-drag ratio around 66 at typical UAV and light-aircraft Reynolds numbers — useful benchmarks before running a full XFOIL or NeuralFoil polar. The 11% thickness provides structural depth for main-spar placement without excessive drag penalty at moderate speeds.
The GOE532 appears in the wing design of at least 21 documented aircraft, including designs from British and Schleicher. Its proven track record across conventional and rotorcraft designs makes it one of the more field-validated profiles in the UIUC database.
Designers evaluating the GOE532 typically compare it against profiles of similar thickness: RAF 33 AIRFOIL, RAF 32 AIRFOIL, Eiffel 430 (Lachassgne), RONCZ 1082T VOYAGER TIP OUTER AFT WING AIRFOIL, AH 79-100 B AIRFOIL. The NACA 4412 is another reference profile frequently considered alongside it.
Aircraft Using the GOE532 Airfoil
Bonomi BS.17 Allievo Cantu | Bonomi | Goettingen 532 | Constant |
British Aircraft Company II | British | Goettingen 532 | Constant |
British Aircraft Company III | British | Goettingen 532 | Constant |
British Aircraft Company IV | British | Goettingen 532 mod | Constant |
British Aircraft Company VII | British | Goettingen 532 mod | Constant |
Buxton Hjordis | Buxton | Goettingen 532 | RAF-32 |
Dart Totternhoe | Dart | Goettingen 532 | Constant |
Dittmar Condor 2A | Dittmar | Goettingen 532 | NACA 0012 |
Dittmar Condor 3 | Dittmar | Goettingen 532 | NACA 0012 |
Horikawa H-22B-2 | Horikawa | Goettingen 532 mod | Constant |
Horikawa H-23B-2 | Horikawa | Goettingen 532 mod | Goettingen 676 |
PIK-12 | PIK-12 | Goettingen 532 | Constant |
Schleicher Condor 4 | Schleicher | Goettingen 532 | NACA 0012 |
Schleicher Ka-8B | Schleicher | Goettingen 533 | Goettingen 532 |
Schleicher SG-38 | Schleicher | Goettingen 532 | Constant |
Tainan TN-1 | Tainan | Goettingen 533 | Goettingen 532 |
Taylorcraft 20 Zephyr 400 | Taylorcraft | Goettingen 532 | Constant |
Teichfuss Allievo Pavullo | Teichfuss | Goettingen 532 | Constant |
Teichfuss Allievo Pavullo Biposto | Teichfuss | Goettingen 532 | Constant |
Teichfuss Sparviero | Teichfuss | Goettingen 532 | NACA M-12 |
Wing lofting: 8 of these aircraft taper from GOE532 at the root to a different tip section. Use the Tapered filter to isolate them, then click any tip airfoil link to compare geometries.
Related Airfoils
Engineers evaluating the GOE532 frequently compare it against profiles with comparable geometric constraints. Below are the closest matches based on maximum thickness (11.0%) and max camber (5.5%).