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  1. daviedoall

    Simple foil design for large boat centerboard ?

    Thanks for your ideas, Greg. It's not too late yet. The NACA foil mentioned has it's greatest width at 40% from the leading edge. I was looking to avoid any vibration or wobble with this percentage. My understanding with old Bonneville cars was to keep the max width ahead of 50% to avoid poor...
  2. daviedoall

    Simple foil design for large boat centerboard ?

    Hey, the nice folks at th aeronautical side have helped me get a fully dimensioned answer. Thanks for looking, David
  3. daviedoall

    Simple foil design for large boat centerboard ?

    Thanks very much! The active link you included led to a pdf file with exactly what I needed. The profile of a 0010-34 looks perfect for me and the x any y measurements are in % of chord as I'd hoped too! I will laminate this board in plywood and the plys will make it easy to locate all the...
  4. daviedoall

    Simple foil design for large boat centerboard ?

    Hi, I am in need of a foil design for a centerboard for a 52' boat. If I had the foil widths for different station in percentages of length or???, then I could scale it to fit my application. Does such a thing exist? Another way to say it is; If a centerboard was to be 3" in max thickness...
  5. daviedoall

    Simple foil design for large boat centerboard ?

    Hi, I am in need of a foil design for a centerboard for a 52' boat. If I had the foil widths for different station in percentages of length or???, then I could scale it to fit my application. Does such a thing exist? Another way to say it is; If a centerboard was to be 3" in max thickness...

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