Research and Test Apparatus

Abstract

The Boeing Airplane Co., Seattle, Washington, U.S.A., recently began regular operation of a new hypervelocity wind tunnel. The electrical are discharge or hotshot wind tunnel is a facility capable of simulating many of the flight conditions which will be encountered by space vehicles. The tunnel is designed to operate in the speed ranges from Mach 10 to 27, at temperatures up to 14,000 deg. F. and can simulate altitude conditions up to 260,000 ft. This addition provides the Boeing Company with aerodynamic research capabilities in all speed regimes from low subsonic to the orbital speed of space vehicles, or from about 20 m.p.h. up to 18,000 m.p.h.

Citation

(1960), "Research and Test Apparatus", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 32 No. 10, pp. 315-315. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb033319