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Test in wind tunnels

Test in wind tunnels

  • 1 Nicetrip test campaign in S1MA wind tunnel

    Tests on a tilt-rotor model, that is to say the aerodynamic configuration of an aircraft where the rotors can tilt in flight, have been completed in the large S1MA wind tunnel at Modane, France... The test in the wind tunnel was essential, due to the complicated architecture of the aircraft concept, with a tilt-wing as well as a tilt-rotor
  • 2 Air streams on the water

    Before launch, the French navy's ships are tested in wind tunnels to define their conditions of use... In practice, since 1947, each new type of French navy ship has been tested in Onera's wind tunnels in Lille