| NASA Center: |
Langley Research Center |
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| Image # : |
L-32200 |
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| Date : |
03/10/1943
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Title
Stability Tunnel
Full Description
Engineers operate the controls of the Stability Tunnel. Plans for a new tunnel
to study stability problems began in the late thirties. The Stability Tunnel was
authorized in 1939 and began operations in June 1941. The installation was
finished in December that year with the completion of a new 10,000 Horsepower
Diesel-electric generating plant. It was a single return, closed jet tunnel with
a 6-foot square test section.
The tunnel was disassembled and shipped to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University in 1958. The tunnel had two separate test sections: one for
curved flow, the other for rolling flow. "The facility... simulates the motion
of the aircraft in curved or rolling flight. This is done by actually curving
or rolling the airstream as it passes over the model and at the same time
providing the proper velocity distribution."
Keywords
Stability Tunnel Langley NACA
Subject Category
NACA-LaRC, Wind Tunnels-Exterior,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
LARC
- Center Number:
L-32200
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-001246
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NACA
- Original Source: DIGITAL
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