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When is it better to use a aeroballistic range instead of a wind tunnel?

April 26, 2017aeroballistic range tunnel wind

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When is it better to use a aeroballistic range instead of a wind tunnel?

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An aeroballistic range is particularly useful for simulating very high speed flight. Typically it is much more challenging and costly to move a column of air at say 7.0 km/s (23,000 ft/sec) than it is to shoot an aeroballistic range model at this same speed.