Airfoil Data
UA79SFM

The UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA UA 79-SF-187 AIRFOIL MAIN ELEMENT is a 13.0% chord-thickness airfoil with a maximum camber of 6.5% at 47% 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 -6.5°.

Thin airfoil theory predicts a stall angle near 11.3° and a peak lift-to-drag ratio around 70 at typical UAV and light-aircraft Reynolds numbers — useful benchmarks before running a full XFOIL or NeuralFoil polar. The 13% thickness provides structural depth for main-spar placement without excessive drag penalty at moderate speeds.

Designers evaluating the UA79SFM typically compare it against profiles of similar thickness: UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA UA 79-SF-187 AIRFOIL, EPPLER 1211 AIRFOIL, WORTMANN FX 2 AIRFOIL, GOE 675 AIRFOIL, GOE 646 AIRFOIL. The HT34 is another reference profile frequently considered alongside it.