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em_t_hed 17 Sep, 2021 @ 3:19pm
NACA Profiles
There's a gigantic database of NACA profiles. Isn't there some way this game can link to that database so that a Player can punch in the NACA Profile they want and 'huzzah' it's there in the sim...

Just wondering.
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em_t_hed 17 Sep, 2021 @ 3:22pm 
As an example

http://airfoiltools.com/search/index?m%5Bgrp%5D=naca4d&m%5Bsort%5D=1
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em_t_hed 17 Sep, 2021 @ 3:23pm 
Aerofly 7 allowed users to use their own NACA profiles
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HarvesteR  [developer] 17 Sep, 2021 @ 4:55pm 
AFAIK, NACA profiles are just 2D cross sections of airfoils, so there's not really an easy way to convert that to a part in the game.

That said, it's not impossible either... being profiles, they could be used to generate a 'loft' operation to make a procedural airfoil mesh.... but then that would also have to somehow be set up with the correct aerodynamics for the profile.

I feel this would be a great mod project actually.
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