Auxiliary highly-cambered airfoil of medium thickness having chord 14.5% that of main wing, tested in 141 different positions ahead of, above, and behind nose portion of main wing; combination gave increase in maximum lift coefficient of 32% together with increase in ratio CLmax/CDmin of 21% of respective values for main Clark Y wing alone.


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    Title :

    Wind-tunnel tests of Clark Y wing with narrow auxiliary airfoil in different positions


    Additional title:

    Nat Advisory Committee Aeronautics -- Report


    Contributors:
    Weick, F.E. (author) / Bamber, M.J. (author)


    Publication date :

    1932


    Size :

    14 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


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