Theory of Wing Sections
by Ira H. Abbott, Albert E. von Doenhoff · Ira H. Abbott, Albert E. Von Doenhoff
The classic NACA-derived reference on airfoil design, combining thin-airfoil and conformal-mapping theory with tabulated coordinates and wind-tunnel data for the four-digit, five-digit and 6-series sections. Still the standard lookup source.
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