Airfoil Data
S6063

The S6063 7.05% is a thin 4.8% chord-thickness airfoil with a maximum camber of 2.4% at 34% chord, suited to high-speed UAVs, sailplane tip sections, and propeller blade design. At zero angle of attack the cambered geometry generates positive lift, giving an estimated zero-lift angle of -2.4°.

Thin airfoil theory predicts a stall angle near 12.0° and a peak lift-to-drag ratio around 49 at typical UAV and light-aircraft Reynolds numbers — useful benchmarks before running a full XFOIL or NeuralFoil polar. The slim profile minimises pressure drag at higher speeds but leaves limited spar depth for structural integration.

Designers evaluating the S6063 typically compare it against profiles of similar thickness: AG18, BELL 540 AIRFOIL (MODIFIED NACA 0012), AG04, Prandtl-D Wingtip NASA TP-2016-219072, EPPLER 874 HYDROFOIL AIRFOIL. The GOE 477 AIRFOIL is another reference profile frequently considered alongside it.