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NACA 2412 airfoil
What is the exact shape of the NACA 2412 airfoil, and what do the digits mean? · Standard part · basis: Computed from the NACA equations (Report 460 / Report 610, restated in NASA TM-4741)
Also called: NACA 2412, NACA 2412 coordinates, NACA 2412 dat, NACA 2412 profile, NACA 2412 DXF, NACA 2412 STEP, NACA 2412 STL, perfil NACA 2412, Profil NACA 2412, naca2412, NACA 2412 wing section
Exact dimensions. True size, with no printing tolerance added.
- length
- 100.0 mm
- width
- 20.0 mm
- height
- 12.0 mm
Notes
- NACA 2412 has 2% camber at 40% chord and 12% thickness (designation per NASA TM-4741). NACA data give CL of about 0.25 at zero angle, a zero-lift angle of -2 deg and CLmax about 1.7, up from about 1.6 for the 0012 (Virginia Tech Appendix A).
- Its quarter-chord moment is roughly constant and negative (nose-down) between stall onsets (Virginia Tech).
- NACA 4-digit sections have good stall behaviour, small centre-of-pressure movement and low roughness sensitivity, but a low CLmax, relatively high drag and high pitching moment (Aerospaceweb summary).
- NACA 2412: 2 % camber at 40 % chord, 12 % 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.
- The file is a 100 mm chord section, 20 mm deep: scale it uniformly to your chord, or import the STEP and sweep or loft it into a wing. Thickness scales with chord; the shape is the same at any size.
- Max camber / position / thickness: 2% at 40% chord / 12% (NASA TM-4741)
- CL at 0 deg: about 0.25 (Virginia Tech Appendix A)
- Zero-lift angle: -2 deg (Virginia Tech Appendix A)
- CLmax (Re 6e6): about 1.7 (Virginia Tech Appendix A)
- Cm c/4: negative, roughly constant (Virginia Tech Appendix A)
- 4-digit code: 1st digit max camber %c; 2nd digit camber position in tenths c; last two thickness %c (NASA TM-4741; Aerospaceweb)
- Thickness equation (t/c = 0.20 basis): y/c = 0.2969 sqrt(x) - 0.1260 x - 0.3516 x^2 + 0.2843 x^3 - 0.1015 x^4, scaled by (t/c)/0.20 (NASA TM-4741)
NACA 2412 airfoil size chart
| x (% chord) | upper x | upper y | lower x | lower y |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| 1.25 | 1.067 | 2.008 | 1.433 | -1.762 |
| 2.5 | 2.256 | 2.845 | 2.744 | -2.361 |
| 5 | 4.690 | 4.010 | 5.310 | -3.072 |
| 7.5 | 7.160 | 4.866 | 7.840 | -3.506 |
| 10 | 9.650 | 5.545 | 10.350 | -3.795 |
| 15 | 14.667 | 6.553 | 15.333 | -4.116 |
| 20 | 19.713 | 7.230 | 20.287 | -4.230 |
| 25 | 24.777 | 7.655 | 25.223 | -4.218 |
| 30 | 29.850 | 7.874 | 30.150 | -4.124 |
| 40 | 40.000 | 7.800 | 40.000 | -3.800 |
| 50 | 50.059 | 7.230 | 49.941 | -3.341 |
| 60 | 60.101 | 6.324 | 59.899 | -2.768 |
| 70 | 70.121 | 5.132 | 69.879 | -2.132 |
| 80 | 80.114 | 3.680 | 79.886 | -1.458 |
| 90 | 90.076 | 1.974 | 89.924 | -0.752 |
| 95 | 95.043 | 1.022 | 94.957 | -0.383 |
| 100 | 100.000 | -0.000 | 100.000 | 0.000 |
Where the files are
Other publishers' files are linked, not hosted. "verify" = check the license at the link before commercial use.
| NACA (NASA Technical Reports Server) | Report 460: The characteristics of 78 related airfoil sections from tests in the variable-density wind tunnel (Jacobs, Ward, Pinkerton, 1933) | web | Publisher's page; dimensions are facts |
| NASA | TM-4741: Computer program to obtain ordinates for NACA airfoils (Ladson, Brooks, Hill, Sproles, 1996) | web | Publisher's page; dimensions are facts |
| Virginia Tech Pressbooks (data from Abbott & von Doenhoff, NACA) | Appendix A: Airfoil Data | web | Publisher's page; dimensions are facts |
| NASA Langley (Ladson et al.), NASA TM-4741 | Computer Program to Obtain Ordinates for NACA Airfoils | web | Publisher's page; dimensions are facts |
| Aerospaceweb.org | NACA Airfoil Series | web | Publisher's page; dimensions are facts |
| engrXiv (Bhattacharya et al., ICMMM 2023) | Design and Computational Analysis of Y-tail Configuration for Maritime UAV | web | Publisher's page; dimensions are facts |
Free files
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| naca-2412-airfoil-section-100mm-chord | NACA 2412 section, 100 mm chord × 20 mm span, closed trailing edge, 160 points from the equations (scale to your chord) | STEP · STL |
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Questions
Is NACA 2412 good for an RC trainer?
It is mildly cambered (CL 0.25 at 0 deg, CLmax ~1.7 at Re 6e6) with benign 4-digit stall (Virginia Tech; Aerospaceweb).
How thick is the NACA 2412?
Maximum thickness 12.00 % of chord at 30.0 % chord: 12.00 mm on a 100 mm chord.
Where is the NACA 2412's camber?
Maximum camber 2.00 % of chord at 40.0 % chord.
How do I use it for my wing?
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.