Mercedes-Benz taking wind tunnels to a new level

[FastPlastic]

Just found this on digg and thought everyone might find it interesting. Seems Mercendes-Benz now has a wind tunnel that provides weather on demand.

"One minute it's freezing cold, the next you're battling with a hurricane, and then finally the sun comes out for tropical temperatures."

Mercedes-Benz' Wind Tunnel Provides Weather On Demand

[orange4boy]

BRRRR. I'll take tropical, please.

Looks like they are testing in icing conditions. Might provide an interesting method of aero study because you would have a build up of ice where the supercooled droplets hit the car or the ground due to their higher momentum.

Looks like you can visualize the flow around the front of the car on the ground.