Túneles de viento y bancos de pruebas

[Audie Murphy]

Inicio este tema para postear curiosas imágenes de túneles de viento e instalaciones similares, también se podría hablar de los principales centros experimentales durante la SGM, dando a conocer sus ubicaciones


empiezo con los alemanes


Bf 109EF vs Yak-17 Eastern Front 1941-1942" Osprey Duel 65 p15


y sigo con mastondóticas construcciones en EEUU, fotos sacadas de este enlace https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/ ... ls/560660/



Construction of the 40 foot by 80 foot wind tunnel at Ames Research Center in July of 1943. Construction began in late 1941, with the mammoth construction task sorely taxing the resources of the new center. Two and a half years later, in June of 1944, the full-scale tunnel went into operation


Construction view from inside the contraction framing of the 40 foot by 80 foot wind tunnel at Ames Research Center with a blimp flying in the background, in July of 1943


Six 40-foot-diameter fans stand in the Ames 40 foot by 80 foot wind tunnel, each powered by a 6,000-horsepower electric motor, capable of maintaining airflow up to 230 miles per hour. Photographed on June 9, 1944


16-foot high-speed tunnel fan blades ,1943

[Audie Murphy]

Two men on top of the altitude wind tunnel at the NACA Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory, circa 1945. The tunnel was a massive rectangular structure, which for years provided one of the highest vantage points of the laboratory. The tunnel was 263 feet long on the north and south legs and 121 feet long on the east and west sides. The larger west end of the tunnel, seen here, was 51 feet in diamete




Langley Research Center , construction of the 12-foot low-speed tunnel at Building 644, on April 29, 1938


primer modelo del Vindicator sometido a tests en la NACA, p24 "US carrier aircrafts of WW2" de Aeroplane Illustrated

también tenían los americanos artefactos más pequeños