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"@Andrew, Very nice work. I know how much time goes into quality simulations like this. And I agree with your points about airfoil selection, sweep, and washout. Those are things not generally understood, and it's great to see someone taking the time…"
"MachUp 2 will be available in just under 2 weeks! New features include:
- linear aerodynamics,- control surfaces,- performance derivatives,- aerodynamic center prediction,- stall prediction
and more. We believe this will be the best tool available…"
- linear aerodynamics,- control surfaces,- performance derivatives,- aerodynamic center prediction,- stall prediction
and more. We believe this will be the best tool available…"
"I agree with the need to benchmark some of the more common airfoils. I do have a link on there to some work that the SU2 developers did to validate the back-end code (http://su2.stanford.edu/documents/SU2_AIAA_SciTech2014.pdf), but I'd like to add…"
This is an idea I've had for a long time and finally found time to build it. CloudFoil allows you to check your Xfoil results against high-fidelity full RANS CFD simulations in minutes. Because the simulations run in the cloud, simulations can be…
CloudFoil is a browser-based full CFD airfoil analysis code. Extremely easy to learn and use. Check your Xfoil results and get high-quality drag and stall predictions in minutes.Learn more at www.blucraft.com/cloudfoil
"@CliffN: That's what we might call a "thin airfoil"... :)"
"Yeah, it's amazing what people were able to do before the time of computers. They did excellent work. We here at Blucraft have great respect for what NACA accomplished."
NACA, the precursor to NASA, was founded 100 years ago today. NACA was instrumental in furthering fundamental knowledge of airfoil theory, and created well-known families of airfoils still widely used today.To honor the NACA legacy, we've added the…
"@Martin: You can add as many lifting surfaces as you like. Simply click Add -> Wing. In the Geometry tab on the right, select left/right/both. You can connect the wing to another wing or to another object, such as the origin, and then choose the…"
"@Andrew: Thanks for the suggestions. Yes - planning to add an airfoil database and the option to import your own. Also sounds like the Flight Gear interface would be important. We've heard that from a few different people, and will look into it."
It's been just over a week since we launched, and we've had an INCREDIBLE response to Mach-Up - the free, web-based design tool.We've had over 2,000 visitors and now have over 600 registered users. Amazing. Thank you all for your enthusiastic…
"@Curt: Your software sounds really useful. It may be worthwhile to collaborate in the future and make a compatible file format to pass from one code to the next. Just an idea. We can chat more if you're interested."
"@Nick: Thanks - One of the purposes of this project is to introduce students to aircraft design. We've actually 3D printed a small wing off of an stl from Mach-Up. What features would be needed to make 3D printing from Mach-Up more practical?"
"@Andrew_Rabbitt: Good point. :) I totally agree."
"@Vladimir: You are right. We probably should have said "sketch." In fact, we'll change that on the video title. Once the analysis is linked up, it will be a real design tool."
