A Wind TUnnel for your Models

[Richard Bartrop]

https://www.thedrive.com/news/this-tabletop-3d-printed-wind-tunnel-is-ready-for-your-model-cars

[Plowboy]

I see no reason to test the aerodynamics of a model car.

[jokar124]

  On 7/9/2022 at 1:01 PM, Plowboy said:

I see no reason to test the aerodynamics of a model car.

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It might be of some use to those of us who also race slot cars and need help getting body choice and mounting angle and position suitable for a specific track.

[ChrisBcritter]

Not to mention what it could do for the Pinewood Derby .

[Ace-Garageguy]

  On 7/9/2022 at 1:01 PM, Plowboy said:

I see no reason to test the aerodynamics of a model car.

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Maybe just for fun?

Or maybe, if somebody is interested in science and engineering, to get a visual idea of the difference in airflow over a barn-door design like a '32 Ford as opposed to a late model Lambo?

Granted data developed in 1/24 - 1/25 scale doesn't translate to full size, but turbulence around chunky objects can be visualized and perhaps better understood.

What I don't understand is the need to 3D print any of it. The side walls are flat, and cheap high-flow fans in their own housings are plentiful.

[Ace-Garageguy]

  On 7/9/2022 at 1:32 PM, jokar124 said:

It might be of some use to those of us who also race slot cars and need help getting body choice and mounting angle and position suitable for a specific track.

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That is actually a valid idea. Eons ago at the dawn of time, I discovered that air can get under the bodywork of a slot car and lift it, making it leave the track...just exactly as years later I saw Mark Donohue fly the Can Am Porsche at Road Atlanta

[Smoke Wagon]

[Brian Austin]

Wind tunnel testing has always involved the use of models, actually, only a bit larger.