QinetiQ’s long-arm centrifuge facility enables astronauts and fast-jet pilots to train for launch and landing, monitoring their health and performance during G-exposure and G-acceleration. For more info @ http://www.qinetiq.com/services-products/air/Pages/air-test-facilities.aspx
1. 5 metre pressurised low-speed
wind tunnel
• Large size makes
accurate modelling of
details possible
• Pressurisation gives
simulation of full-scale
conditions for take-off
and landing of combat
aircraft
• Segregation of
compressibility and
scale effects permits
more accurate
prediction of full-scale
performance of large
transport aircraft
A high Reynolds number facility for the investigation
of flow physics and the prediction of full-scale
performance.
Landing and take-off performance is
of critical importance for both
military and civil aircraft. The 5m
pressurised low-speed wind tunnel
has a simulation capability that is
unique in the UK, and it provides
high quality data that is of great
value to the aerospace industry.
The tunnel fan