I'm doing a presentation on aerodynamics tomorow and part of it will be about NACA ducts.
But is it pronounced like NAKA or NASA? I always thought the C was soft, but aparantly the organisation NACA was renamed NASA. And surely the american
government wouldn't spend thousands of dollars on a name change when the company sound stays the same?
So, seriously, any thoughts?
From Wikipedia
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NACA was pronounced as individual letters, rather than as an acronym.
Yep I pronounce it knacker too
knacker, with a grin on your face
knacker, with a grin on your face, then a big exaggerated wink
knacker.
it's in the vast majority of books i've read about aerodynamics as being pronounced like that.
tom
Even better, show them a pic of my engine bay with a PAIR of NACAs fitted!
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Originally posted by RazMan
Even better, show them a pic of my engine bay with a PAIR of NACAs fitted!
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Originally posted by indykid
knacker.
it's in the vast majority of books i've read about aerodynamics as being pronounced like that.
tom
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Originally posted by RazMan
Even better, show them a pic of my engine bay with a PAIR of NACAs fitted!
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Originally posted by balidey
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Originally posted by indykid
knacker.
it's in the vast majority of books i've read about aerodynamics as being pronounced like that.
tom
pronunciation from a book? thats hard to do, hence my question on how people say it.
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Originally posted by RazMan
Even better, show them a pic of my engine bay with a PAIR of NACAs fitted!
The last thing I want to say in my presentation to my boss is.... 'and heres a picture of a pair of nacas'
Thanks guys, knackers it it then
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Originally posted by indykid
but they won't work there................or if they do, they won't work as they should.
NACA prounounced Nacka
NACA is not the same as NASA.
NACA was the acronym for National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics a fairly small research establishment based at Langley which was founded in WW1.
NACA did a lot of fundemental research in the efficiency of aerofoil sections and sections for jet engine compresor and turbine blades.
In 1958 following the Sputnik mass hysteria in the US it was absorbed into to NASA.
[Edited on 25/2/08 by britishtrident]