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Old 12th Aug 2001, 19:36
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Question QUESTION for everyone

I have a geustion!
What does airfoil means?
Can somebody please tell me that!
Thanx a lot
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http://www.monmouth.com/~jsd/how/htm/airfoils.html
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The NACA did stacks of wind-tunnel testing in the 30's and 40's regarding various airfoil sections and this information has been in publication for MANY years. For example, the B747 airfoil section was known from about 1944. Probably much longer than many on this forum have been around......
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Very nice link, thank you !

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follow the Graingers link, best I've seen

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Airfoil = Americanisation of 'Aerofoil'.

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