12-Foot Pressure Wind Tunnel
This 1,000-horsepower propeller dynamometer was used in the 12-Foot Pressure Wind Tunnel to test the performance and efficiency of propeller and spinner designs at speeds up to 6,600 revolutions per minute. An optional gearbox (not shown) permitted dual, counter-rotating propellers to be tested.
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Image Number: A-16034
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12-Foot Pressure Wind Tunnel
This 1,000-horsepower propeller dynamometer was used in the 12-Foot Pressure Wind Tunnel to test the performance and efficiency of propeller and spinner designs at speeds up to 6,600 revolutions per minute. An optional gearbox (not shown) permitted dual, counter-rotating propellers to be tested.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: A-16034
Date:
16,151
views
4
faves
0
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Uploaded on August 1, 2013
Taken on October 8, 2011