Recorded airfoil sections

Pitcairn-Cierva PCA-2

The UIUC airfoil-usage tables record the Pitcairn-Cierva PCA-2 with 2 airfoil sections. Each is in the library with its geometry, a stored polar sweep, and DXF and .dat export. The source lists names only — it does not say which station carries which section — so they appear here thickest first.

Sections side by side

SectionSeriesThicknessat x/cCamberat x/c
NACA M3NACA11.9%33%symmetric—
GOE 429Goettingen11.5%26%0.19%1%

NACA M3

NACA series · 11.9% thick at 33% chord · symmetric

Also recorded on 2 other aircraft

  • Pitcairn PCA-2 Autogyro (XOP-1)
  • Pitcairn PCA-3 Autogyro

GOE 429

Goettingen series · 11.5% thick at 26% chord · 0.19% camber at 1% chord

Also recorded on 8 other aircraft

  • Cierva C-4 (later)
  • Kellett K-2
  • Kellett K-3
  • Kellett K-4
  • Pitcairn PA-24 Autogyro
  • Pitcairn PAA-1 Autogyro
  • TsAGI A-4
  • Wilford Gyroplane (original)

wing designs

The sections above are what the source records, not a wing anyone drew. Wings that were drawn — planform, sections and the analysis behind them, all readable — are published under Full-scale aircraft wing designs.

Aircraft-to-section mapping from the UIUC airfoil-usage tables. Section geometry is computed from the library's CST fit; nothing here is a performance claim about the aircraft. All recorded aircraft

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