Low Speed Areodynamic Analysis Of The Nasa GA(W)-2 Airfoil
Abstract
A recent development of the NASA Airfoil Research Program is a family of new high lift, low drag airfoils for application on general aviation aircraft. This study analyzes one of these airfoils, the 13% thick GA(W)-2, as to its lift, drag, and pitching moment characteristics, and compares it to airfoils used on current production aircraft. The analysis includes the results of two-dimensional wind tunnel tests as well as theoretical calculations made using thin airfoil theory and a lifting surface method.
Description
Program year: 1976/1977Digitized from print original stored in HDR
Subject
NASA Airfoil Research Programgeneral aviation aircraft
airfoils
thin airfoil theory
lifting surface method
Citation
Cogan, Thomas Joseph (1977). Low Speed Areodynamic Analysis Of The Nasa GA(W)-2 Airfoil. University Undergraduate Fellow. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /CAPSTONE -ProppeD _1998.