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Representative: Jean-Claude Traineau
Fax: (33)(1)46-73-41-44
Phone: (33)(1)46-73-41-00
http://windtunnel.onera.fr




F1 Pressurized Low Speed Wind Tunnel

Date Built: 1951
Size H/W/L: Three interchangable test sections, 26' diameter, 25' long
Max Wind Speed: Mach 1.01
Construction Type: Slotted
Reynolds Number: 8.5 x 10^6
Circuit Type: Return
Power: 90 MW
Power Type: 2 fans
Stagnation Pressure/Temperature: Ambient / -4 to 140 F
Data System: DEC VAX 6320
Data Acquisition: Up to 120 channels + 64 channels 20 kHz
Pressure System: Channel to record up to 2000 pressures
Balances: External, Internal
Ground Effects: Blowing
Test Types: Aero, Ground Transportation, Building, CTS, Rotor and Propeller Test Rigs, Icing, Real Engines
Air Supply System: 2300 psi
Air Mass Flow: 37 lb/s
Tunnel Diagrams & Images: F1 Wind Tunnel