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Old 12-07-2011, 02:40 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Stefan,your results may work out better in full scale.At 1/24-scale,your fan would have to deliver 480-mph air to develop a turbulent boundary layer and establish the kind of 3-D flow you'll encounter 'bigger.'
Hi Aerohead,

Do you have an equation that shows the relation between generated Reynolds number for full size objects and those of 1/24th scale?

Just off the top, 480 mph seems too fast for some reason. At a Mach value of 0.3 (225 mph), the air is starting to reach the "non-compressible" zone.

I know I've read here that the turbulent zone is fully established at speeds of only 20 mph or so for full size objects.

Jim.
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