What’s New in Winfoil V2.2

3D View now available for Wing and Tail designs. Zoom in or out , rotate in 3 dimensions , show wire frame, solid mesh or fully rendered. The 3D view also supports different airfoils at the root and tip sections.

Add up to 10 favourite programs to the Tool Menu for easy access from Winfoil

.Tools Tab

Airfoil Comparison

All screens are resizeable and sizes and positions are saved on exit so that screens

will be restored the next time Winfoil is run.

Alter Aspect Ratio or maintain Aspect Ratio for a design item in the Design CAD Tab .

Calculate Aircraft performance . Power required ,

stall speed, max. L/D, sink speed and max. speed.

Comments can be entered for airfoils and design .items.

Connect to the Winfoil Web Site

Copy Airfoil Coordinates to the Clipboard. This data can then be used to populate web page input fields or as a means to transfer data to other programs. For details on this feature see Airfoil Coordinates Tab .

Create simple fuselage and fuselage former shapes .

Define own types of components .

Database can be shared over a network for multi user access

Design Targets entered in the Drag Breakdown screen can now be viewed in the Design CAD screen. Use these to select the appropriate airfoil, set the correct span and arrive at a shape which meets the Aspect Ratio requirements.

DXF Airfoil, Rib, Wing, tail and fuselage plan export. You can now select to default the format of numbers to be the English number format when the DXF file is created. There are a number of Windows CAD programs on the market which do not support international number formats. Winfoil exports numeric data in a format according to the Regional Settings for the PC on which it is run. You may need to check this option if the CAD program you are using to import the DXF file does not support International number formatting. For more information see Preferences .

Estimate Airfoil pitching moment and angle of attack at zero lift

Expanded range of measurement units (metric and imperial)

Export selected airfoils for input into other programs. Export design performance

data to Excel spreadsheets

Grouping of design components. Components such as wing, tail, specifications are grouped by design name for ease of reference.

HPGL Export New feature added August 2002 in version 2.2.22

Import automatic number format conversion for European countries using

American or British airfoil coordinates.

Import JavaFoil PEF Airfoil Data Files .

Import Stuttgart format airfoil coordinates.

Quickly lookup airfoil data for maximum lift coefficient, minimum drag coefficient and maximum pitching moment by clicking on the Airfoil Coordinates Tab and clicking on the Lookup button at the bottom of the tab.

NACA Airfoil Wizard. Generate 4,5 and 6 Digit NACA Airfoils

Overlay airfoils , input airfoil coordinates using the

keyboard and select points.

Parameter tables can be configured to add new design types, drag breakdown

items and aircraft configurations .

Printer calibration may be necessary due to the age of the printer or some printer driver inaccuracy. Winfoil V2.2 provides the ability to apply both vertical and horizontal adjustments to Rib and Wing,Fuselage Plan printing. See Preferences .

Print wing planforms , fuselage formers, fuselage sides (. Left , right or both panels.)

Recalculate airfoil thickness and camber for every airfoil.

Rib View is now available in the Design CAD screen. View each rib in a Wing or Tail design. See Spar, Shear Web and wing skin thickness. Automatically redrawn when a spar is added, changed or deleted. Shows interpolated airfoil section if different airfoils have been selected for the root and tip.

Support for Eppler and Eppler 100 style airfoil coordinate formats

Scanned pictures and comments can be added to design components

Pictures can be zoomed, saved and printed.

Support for long file names for import, export and all other file selection or save options. New feature added August 2002 in version 2.2.22

Trace pictures to create fuselage or wing shapes. New feature added August 2002 in version 2.2.22

Windows 95 style user interface. Tab windows, floating and dockable toolbars.

Explorer style windows.

Wing Sweep can now be set in the Design CAD screen. A sweepback chord position can be entered as well as a sweepback angle.