How To: Run XFoil from MATLAB

This video shows how to run XFoil from a MATLAB script (for a Python script, see link below). This will come in handy for my future Vortex Panel Method video, where we will compare our pressure coefficient and lift coefficient results with the XFoil results. We’ll go through three steps in this video. 1) Run XFoil and output the files we need (airfoil coordinates and pressure coefficient) 2) Load saved files from XFoil into MATLAB and view plots 3) Run XFoil from the MATLAB script itself, and view plots ===== RELEVANT LINKS ===== ► You can download the MATLAB script from my website ► Do you want to run XFoil from Python instead? Download the script from my website ► Download XFoil GitHub: Panel Methods ►