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buzz; I've been doing some research on the matter of NACA inlets since I wrote my question, and I found some very interesting stuff. No surprise most of the information came from the NACA Reports site kept by Langley Research Center. You can find dozens of reports on the subject, but I found the...

I heard something about the use of sharpened edges installed along the lateral edges of NACA submerged inlets, to boost their pressure recovery power. Apparently, the working principle is the generation of vortices on the sharp edges (with an associated drag penalty). Does anybody know of any...

I'm looking for a good reference (book, report) on the practical aspects of wing load testing of light/experimental aircraft. I refer to the good old "sand bag" method, where one spreads bags full of sand on the lower surface of the wing supported "upside down" by its...