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The Clark Y is appealing for its near-flat lower surface, which aids in the construction of wings on plans mounted on a flat construction board. Inexperienced modellers are more readily able to build model aircraft which provide a good flight performance with benign stalling characteristics.
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Piccirillo, Albert, "The Clark Y Airfoil - A Historical Retrospective," SAE/AIAA paper 2000-01-5517, presented at the World Aviation Congress & Exposition, October 10, 2000, San Diego, California.
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using thickness distribution of the German-developed Goettingen 398 airfoil. The airfoil has a thickness of 11.7 percent and is flat on the lower surface aft of 30 percent of
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stealth technology demonstrator aircraft also used a Clark Y. The Clark Y was chosen as its flat bottom worked well with the design goal of a low radar cross-section.
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The Clark Y has found favor for the construction of model aircraft, thanks to the flight performance that the section offers at medium
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For many applications the Clark Y has been an adequate airfoil section; it gives reasonable overall performance in respect of its
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characteristics. The flat lower surface is not optimal from an aerodynamic perspective, and it is rarely used in modern designs.
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airflows. Applications range from free-flight gliders through to multi-engined radio control scale models.
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are two of the better known aircraft using the Clark Y profile, while the
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Istorija konstruktsij samoljotov v SSSR, 1938-1950 gg. (3rd ed.).
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reducing the horizontal tail load required to trim an aircraft.
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The Clark YH airfoil is similar but with a reflexed (turned up)
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Some of the better-known aircraft that use the Clark Y and YH:
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are examples of mass-produced users of the Clark YH.
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over the years. The profile was designed in 1922 by
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Clark YH

airfoil
aircraft
aerodynamics
Virginius E. Clark
chord
lift-to-drag ratio
stall

Yak-18T
trailing edge
pitching moment
Lockheed Vega
Spirit of St. Louis
Ilyushin Il-2
Hawker Hurricane
Northrop Tacit Blue
Reynolds number
spoilers
Dodge Charger Daytona
Plymouth Superbird
Aeronca 50 Chief
Avia B.122
Consolidated PT-1
Fleet Fawn
Curtiss P-6 Hawk
Heath Parasol
Lockheed Vega
Orion

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