rudder nasa foil sect

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  1. ten thou .010
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    ten thou .010 New Member

    lost my book, can anyone point me to nasa foil sections, thanks
    chord 500mm
    span 750mm
    stock 63.5mm at balance axis
    nice place this:)
     
  2. Guest625101138

    Guest625101138 Previous Member

    Look here:
    http://www.ae.uiuc.edu/m-selig/ads/coord_database.html#N
    Scroll down to NACA and choose your poison. You can get a coordinate file or gif image of the nominated sections.

    It seems you are indicating it is 63.5+mm thick and 500mm chord. That is just over 12% so I suppose you are looking for a NACA0015.
     
  3. ten thou .010
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    ten thou .010 New Member

    danki
    but the GIF FILE, brings up an air wing section?
     

  4. lazeyjack

    lazeyjack Guest

    http://www.boat-links.com/foilfaq.html


    (1) The values listed beneath the NACA numbers are the distances + and - to the foil surface from the centerline in % of chord.

    (2) Cut values for 0012 and 0018 in half to get 0006 and 0009. Double 0015 to get 0030. Halve 0006 to get 0003.

    (3) It's conventional to make the chord 5% longer than you really want, and then slice off the last 5% to a blunt edge after laying out the foil profile. Example: you want a 20-inch chord rudder. Calculate profile based on 21 inches, leaving off last 5% or 1-inch when laying out.

    (4) The nose of a NACA 00-- foil is always circular. Fair this in by eye as best you can using a compass or template or some sort (bottom of McDonald's coffee cup). This radius can be generated by the formula referred to above. (I'm still not talking.)

    (5) The thickness of a NACA foil is always greatest at 30% of the chord from the nose.


    Distance
    From Nose NACA
    0012 NACA
    0015 NACA
    0018 NACA
    0021 NACA
    0025 NACA
    0030

    1.25 1.89 2.37 2.84 3.31 3.95 see note 2
    2.50 2.62 3.27 3.92 4.58 5.45 ----
    5.00 3.56 4.44 5.33 6.22 7.41 ----
    7.50 4.20 5.25 6.30 7.35 8.75 ----
    10.00 4.68 5.85 7.02 8.20 9.76 ----
    15.00 5.34 6.68 8.02 9.35 11.14 ----
    20.00 5.74 7.17 8.61 10.04 11.95 ----
    30.00 6.00 7.50 9.00 10.50 12.50 see note 5
    40.00 5.80 7.25 8.70 10.16 12.09 ----
    50.00 5.29 6.62 7.94 9.26 11.03 ----
    60.00 4.56 5.70 6.84 7.99 9.51 ----
    70.00 3.66 4.58 5.50 6.41 7.63 ----
    80.00 2.62 3.28 3.94 4.59 5.46 ----
    90.00 1.45 1.81 2.17 2.53 3.02 ----
    95.00 0.81 1.01 1.21 1.41 1.68 ----
    100.00 0.13 0.16 0.19 0.22 0.26 ----

    All Measurements in Percent of Chord
     
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