A Short History of Airfoils
Key Takeaways:
- The NACA 23012 airfoil, designed in 1935 by Eastman Jacobs, is considered possibly the most widely used airfoil of all time.
- It was highly valued for its desirable performance combination of high lift, low drag, and mild pitching moments.
- A notable design feature of the NACA 23012 was the inclusion of some laminar flow on its lower surface.
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