JMcClure
11-10-2008, 11:34 PM
I'm designing a boat with canard hydrofoils (both fore and aft foils are surface piercing). Right now, I'm looking at the following website to calculate lift:
http://www.hydrofoils.org/
The formulas I am looking at are under the link "Foil Lift" on the left side of the page. I know all of the terms, except for "f," which is the normalized profile camber. Does anyone know what this term is or how to calculate it? Thanks for the help.
http://www.hydrofoils.org/
The formulas I am looking at are under the link "Foil Lift" on the left side of the page. I know all of the terms, except for "f," which is the normalized profile camber. Does anyone know what this term is or how to calculate it? Thanks for the help.