Airfoil Data
FX69H083

The BELL/WORTMANN FX 69-H-083 AIRFOIL is a thin 6.6% chord-thickness airfoil with a maximum camber of 3.3% at 33% 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 -3.3°.

Thin airfoil theory predicts a stall angle near 11.9° and a peak lift-to-drag ratio around 54 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.

The FX69H083 appears in the wing design of at least 2 documented aircraft — notably by Bell. Its proven track record across rotorcraft designs makes it one of the more field-validated profiles in the UIUC database.

Designers evaluating the FX69H083 typically compare it against profiles of similar thickness: BW 05 02 09, BOEING-VERTOL V23010-1.58 AIRFOIL, BELL/WORTMANN FX 69-H-098 AIRFOIL, MH 32 8.7%, GOE 346 (FRIEDRICHSHAFEN-STAAKEN) AIRFOIL. The FX 69-PR-281 is another reference profile frequently considered alongside it.