Introduction and Wind Tunnel Overview

we're going to go check it out. My name is Gary Akre and I am the designer and owner of the Aerodine wind tunnel here in Morsville, North Carolina. uh where we do almost exclusively NASCAR testing both NASCAR the organization and also the individual teams that race for NASCAR. Behind me is is the machine itself uh which is an open style open return as in an Eiffel style wind tunnel uh which means that the important part is the red the blue and the red and then the huge warehouse simply allows the air to recirculate back into the front. When you say what is a wind tunnel? Uh it is essentially just a machine that blows air on an object and very very accurately measures the effect of that air. So you say okay how do I design a wind tunnel? Well first you tell me what it is you want to test. If it's an airplane it's going to be a very very large wind tunnel and it's going to have very high speeds. If it's a golf ball it can be a very small wind tunnel and perhaps the speeds can be a little lower. Uh in this case, since we're designing for a NASCAR car, uh the center section, which is the test section, is the most critical part. So, you design the test section to be the right size. It's got to be small enough