The NACA 5-series tool can be used to plot and extract coordinates of any NACA 5-series airfoil.
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28 September 2022
An aircraft electrical system includes an engine driven generator which provides a continuous source of electricity once the engine is running.
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28 September 2022
All aircraft are subjected to four fundamental forces in flight that governs their motion through the air: LIFT, WEIGHT, THRUST and DRAG.
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18 May 2022
Learn more about an aircraft’s tail section with a focus on the tail’s impact in three primary areas: stability, control, and trim.
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18 May 2022
This post details the pitot static system which provides pressure readings to the three pressure-based primary flight instruments: the airspeed indicator, the altimeter, and the vertical speed indicator.
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28 September 2022
The reference wing area is defined as the plan area of an aircraft's wing.
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19 May 2022
An interactive carburetor icing calculator designed to assist pilots in identifying the typical conditions where carburetor icing is most likely to occur.
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27 July 2023
The variation in turbulent flat plate skin friction coefficient with Reynolds number is used when compiling an estimation of aircraft parasitic drag.
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28 September 2020
Angle of attack refers to the angle between a reference line on a body and the vector representing the relative motion between the body and the fluid through which it is moving.
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19 May 2022
This calculator provides an estimation of the interference factor between a wing and a fuselage and is used when estimating aircraft parasitic drag.
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28 September 2020