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Old 04-07-2021, 06:58 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Cd View Post
I guess you have to know what to look for, because it just looks like semi turbulent smoke over a tiny model to me.
So they were actually able to attain the cD of the vehicle using such a tiny tunnel ?
( That is what I understood from the video )
That is way too turbulent, they ran smoke to check for turbulence, there is no way that you can tell if the model was causing the turbulence or whether the fan/flow straighteners or lack thereof caused the drag.

Are DIY wind tunnels and 1:18 models connected to a load cell a viable test? Or is it not possible to get the wind speed high enough?
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