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Old 07-31-2015, 01:53 PM   #42 (permalink)
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NACA airfoil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The NACA 0015 airfoil is symmetrical, the 00 indicating that it has no camber. The 15 indicates that the airfoil has a 15% thickness to chord length ratio: it is 15% ...
So, no. The paradigm is a half body of revolution with a fineness ratio of 1.78-2.5:1. 15% is 6.666:1. Here is an example of The Template:



...with the open wheels and a rolled edge at the bottom:



The fourth wheel is a racing class requirement. Do your rules require four wheels?
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