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Re: pic: Wind tunnel

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Originally Posted by team222badbrad View Post
Is there any protection from foreign object (test items) from being sucked into the blades?

What kind of wind speeds can that tunnel produce?
FOD... a jet engines worst enemy....

Where was this taken? Thats one of the biggest wind tunnels I've ever seen.

Of course , we don't have those here in Chicago (at least not that I know of). We get to Fermilab (across the street from my house- literally , and nuclear power plants

Very cool pic!
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