naca

naca, a Python code which can take the parameters of certain NACA airfoils and return the coordinates of a sequence of points that outline the wing shape.

Licensing:

The information on this web page is distributed under the MIT license.

Languages:

naca is available in a C version and a C++ version and a Fortran90 version and a MATLAB version and an Octave version and a Python version.

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Reference:

1. Eastman Jacobs, Kenneth Ward, Robert Pinkerton,
   "The characteristics of 78 related airfoil sections from tests in the variable-density wind tunnel",
   NACA Report 460, 1933.

Source Code:

• naca.py, the source code.
• naca.sh, runs the tests.
• naca.txt, the output file.