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Old 10-03-2011, 09:08 PM
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Originally Posted by mwtoelle
If I had the space, I would construct an analog computer, a wind tunnel, for these types of designs. The old V-2 will not work very well with the Barrowman equations (both simplified (i.e. Centuri's TIR -33) and the calculus-based original equations of 1966. I know the aerospace industry still uses wind tunnels to test models of new aerospace vehicles.


The space isn't an issue here. My wife would, however, would be quite irate with me for spending more time with the "kiddie toys that grown men don't play with." Anyway, a swing test is far cheaper and except for large models which would require a larger wind tunnel anyways, far easier, if not always as accurate.
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