Research Article

Aerodynamic and Vibration Characteristics of the Micro-Octocopter at Low Reynolds Number

Table 1

Performance comparison between the optimized airfoil and initial airfoil under various Reynolds numbers.

RateNACA0012New airfoilRate change of C1 (%)Rate change of C4 (%)
Cl1Cd1Cl2Cd2

Re = 100,0000.840820.03041.017880.0228421.06−24.87
Re = 200,0000.852280.02221.026820.0173420.48−21.89
Re = 300,0000.859940.018261.036980.0153820.59−15.77