NACA 5-digit airfoils

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf airfoil series
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:aircraft
general aviation
gliders
model aircraft
gptkbp:basisFor modern airfoil design
gptkbp:characterizedBy 5-digit code
gptkbp:codeDescribes thickness
maximum camber
design lift coefficient
location of maximum camber
reflex or non-reflex trailing edge
gptkbp:codeFirstDigit design lift coefficient (in tenths)
gptkbp:codeLastTwoDigits maximum thickness (in percent chord)
gptkbp:codeSecondDigit location of maximum camber (in percent chord/2)
gptkbp:codeThirdDigit camber type (reflex or not)
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:National_Advisory_Committee_for_Aeronautics
gptkbp:documentedIn gptkb:NACA_Technical_Reports
gptkbp:form polynomial equations
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label NACA 5-digit airfoils
gptkbp:introducedIn 1930s
gptkbp:notableExample gptkb:NACA_23009
gptkb:NACA_23012
gptkb:NACA_23112
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:NACA_4-digit_airfoils
gptkbp:successor gptkb:NACA_6-series_airfoils
gptkbp:usedBy aircraft manufacturers
aerospace engineers
gptkbp:usedFor better stall characteristics
improved lift characteristics
low drag at design lift
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:engineer
aeronautical engineering
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Eastman_Jacobs
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6