NACA four-digit airfoil series

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/NACA_four-digit_airfoil_series
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf airfoil series
gptkbp:basisFor NACA five-digit airfoil series
NACA six-series airfoils
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:National_Advisory_Committee_for_Aeronautics
gptkbp:documentedIn gptkb:NACA_Technical_Reports
gptkbp:example gptkb:NACA_0012
gptkb:NACA_2412
gptkbp:firstDigitRepresents maximum camber (as percentage of chord)
gptkbp:hasApplication fixed-wing aircraft
propeller blades
wind turbine blades
gptkbp:hasCamberedVariant gptkb:NACA_2412
gptkbp:hasSymmetricVariant gptkb:NACA_0012
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label NACA four-digit airfoil series
gptkbp:influenced modern airfoil design
gptkbp:introducedIn 1930s
gptkbp:lastTwoDigitsRepresent maximum thickness (as percentage of chord)
gptkbp:notation NACA MPXX
gptkbp:parameter maximum camber
maximum thickness
position of maximum camber
gptkbp:secondDigitRepresents position of maximum camber (in tenths of chord)
gptkbp:usedBy aircraft manufacturers
aerospace engineers
gptkbp:usedFor aircraft wing design
gptkbp:usedIn aeronautical engineering
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:NACA_2412
gptkb:NACA_4415
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7