Smokey swore by water testing. He had a small stream behind his shop.
Bryan
neil@dbelltech.com wrote:
> Ed;
>
> I've often wondered if I could investigate the aerodynamics of a design by
> using a scale model in water instead of air. The drag effects, etc should
> show up at quite low speeds in water compared to air since its density is
> far higher. Granted, water isn't compressible like air but we're talking
> about subsonic vehicles so this may be practical-- what do you think?
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