Does anyone know where I can get very good technical information on the design of wing in ground effect craft? I've got a lot of basic info but not much I can use to help in a design. Thanks.
Wing In Ground Effect
Jun 19, 2004
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Try "Aerodynamics of a Lifting System in Extreme Ground Effect" Call letters in a library were TL574 G7 R69. The authors were Russian. In scanning it, it seemed very technical.
I really need info, can anyone help me?
Have you used Google?
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Take a look at the Java applets at
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Search for ground effect in the airfoil database Note reference to XFOIL
Other information:
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extensive research papers available
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Beginner's Guide Index - Basic stuff
Race and solar car aerodynamics necessarily take ground effect into account; the former mainly in order to increase down-force, the latter to minimise drag while using down-force to counter lift and to locate the down-force advantageously.
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