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Blower Tunnel
Facility
Certified testing ranges offer high safety levels and reduced costs
The Blower Tunnel and Icing Facility are unique
within Europe and widely used by a variety of
military and commercial organisations. The facility
is comprised of an open-air Wind Tunnel providing
capability for the full scale testing of systems,
including the simulation of driving rain and icing
conditions, it is also a certified range for flare and
munitions testing. Benefits provided to customers
are reduced lead times, lower costs, high safety
levels and the wealth of experience gained as an
official testing centre for the Ministry of Defence
Customers
Examples of work undertaken by the facility
include:
 the testing of telecommunication stations
under driving rain conditions,
 safety of motor vehicle accessories,
 development of decoy flares
 aircraft and component icing
 ejector seat development and catchnet
system,
 wind effects on masts and structures.
Construction
Open air test centre allows testing of large platforms
The blower tunnel comprises of a 3m-diameter tube
13m long which supports a concentric 1.5m
diameter inner tube containing the drive motors for
the fans. The complete tunnel is supported in a
rigid framework and employs a counter-weight
system, which permits the tunnel to be raised to
provide downstream testing of the system.
Additionally the tunnel may be tilted to angles of up
to ±7° from the horizontal.
Risk reduced systems testing offer project cost reductions
Capabilities QinetiQ uses a catchnet system allowing
aircraft/canopies ejection seats to be safely caught
after unrestricted release into the tunnel air streamFour Rolls-Royce Merlin engines drive the four fixed
pitch ten blade fans in contra-rotating pairs, each
engine capable of producing 1,610 b.h.p. These
engines combined with r.p.m. settings and diameter
of the exit nozzle; allow the airspeed to be varied
over the range 20 to 180m/s.
The facility also has a capability to provide
instrumentation services for calibration of
equipment in-house, should this be required. The
system is capable of handling 50 parameters, with
up to 16 pages of real time parameter displays.
Permanent records of data can be made on CD or
floppy disc for subsequent analysis.
For further information please contact:
Bob Davis
Operations Manager
QinetiQ
Bldg 408 Rm 14
MOD Boscombe Down
Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP4 0JF
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (01980) 662218
Fax: +44 (01980) 663415
rmdavis1@qinetiq.com
Or
Customer Contact Team
Reduction of the air stream temperature below
ambient can be achieved using liquid nitrogen to
cool the air stream and water of the appropriate
droplet size is added to form ice on the test subject.
The reduction in temperature that can be achieved
is up to 30°c depending on airspeed.
Tel: +44 (0) 8700 100942
www.QinetiQ.com
© Copyright QinetiQ Ltd 2008
QINETIQ/MS/AEG/DS0703338/2
With the rain gun fitted to the blowing nozzle of
the tunnel, controlled quantities of water can be
introduced into the air steam to simulate wind
driven rain.

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Unmanned Aerial Systems

  • 1. Data sheet Blower Tunnel Facility Certified testing ranges offer high safety levels and reduced costs The Blower Tunnel and Icing Facility are unique within Europe and widely used by a variety of military and commercial organisations. The facility is comprised of an open-air Wind Tunnel providing capability for the full scale testing of systems, including the simulation of driving rain and icing conditions, it is also a certified range for flare and munitions testing. Benefits provided to customers are reduced lead times, lower costs, high safety levels and the wealth of experience gained as an official testing centre for the Ministry of Defence Customers Examples of work undertaken by the facility include:  the testing of telecommunication stations under driving rain conditions,  safety of motor vehicle accessories,  development of decoy flares  aircraft and component icing  ejector seat development and catchnet system,  wind effects on masts and structures. Construction Open air test centre allows testing of large platforms The blower tunnel comprises of a 3m-diameter tube 13m long which supports a concentric 1.5m diameter inner tube containing the drive motors for the fans. The complete tunnel is supported in a rigid framework and employs a counter-weight system, which permits the tunnel to be raised to provide downstream testing of the system. Additionally the tunnel may be tilted to angles of up to ±7° from the horizontal. Risk reduced systems testing offer project cost reductions
  • 2. Capabilities QinetiQ uses a catchnet system allowing aircraft/canopies ejection seats to be safely caught after unrestricted release into the tunnel air streamFour Rolls-Royce Merlin engines drive the four fixed pitch ten blade fans in contra-rotating pairs, each engine capable of producing 1,610 b.h.p. These engines combined with r.p.m. settings and diameter of the exit nozzle; allow the airspeed to be varied over the range 20 to 180m/s. The facility also has a capability to provide instrumentation services for calibration of equipment in-house, should this be required. The system is capable of handling 50 parameters, with up to 16 pages of real time parameter displays. Permanent records of data can be made on CD or floppy disc for subsequent analysis. For further information please contact: Bob Davis Operations Manager QinetiQ Bldg 408 Rm 14 MOD Boscombe Down Salisbury Wiltshire SP4 0JF United Kingdom Tel: +44 (01980) 662218 Fax: +44 (01980) 663415 rmdavis1@qinetiq.com Or Customer Contact Team Reduction of the air stream temperature below ambient can be achieved using liquid nitrogen to cool the air stream and water of the appropriate droplet size is added to form ice on the test subject. The reduction in temperature that can be achieved is up to 30°c depending on airspeed. Tel: +44 (0) 8700 100942 www.QinetiQ.com © Copyright QinetiQ Ltd 2008 QINETIQ/MS/AEG/DS0703338/2 With the rain gun fitted to the blowing nozzle of the tunnel, controlled quantities of water can be introduced into the air steam to simulate wind driven rain.