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 "name": "NACA 2410 airfoil",
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 "question": "What is the exact shape of the NACA 2410 airfoil, and what do the digits mean?",
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   "NACA 2410: 2 % camber at 40 % chord, 10 % thick.",
   "NACA 4-digit: first digit = maximum camber in % of chord, second = its position in tenths of chord, last two = maximum thickness in % of chord (NACA Report 460).",
   "Ordinates are in % of chord from the leading edge, computed from the published equations with the closed-trailing-edge thickness coefficient (−0.1036, as in NASA TM-4741). The original reports use an open trailing edge (−0.1015); the difference is under 0.03 % of chord near the trailing edge.",
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  "naca-2414-airfoil",
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   "q": "How thick is the NACA 2410?",
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   "q": "Where is the NACA 2410's camber?",
   "a": "Maximum camber 2.00 % of chord at 40.0 % chord."
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   "a": "Scale the 100 mm section to your chord (e.g. 180 mm chord = 180 % scale), then extrude or loft between root and tip sections. For a tapered wing, scale a root and a tip copy and loft between them."
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