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Wingrigg

Posted on1. May 201713. August 2019AuthorGerhard FließLeave a comment

Since the Americas Cup is at the doorstep, I made a model of a wingrigg and tested in the wind tunnel.

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Physics in School

Posted on8. July 201613. August 2019AuthorGabriele BrandhuberLeave a comment

A physics classroom, a wind tunnel and dry ice: That’s a nice mixture for the end of term. Gerhard accepted the invitation of a teacher of a grammar school (BRG/BORG) in St. Pölten/ Lower Austria, to present Deskbreeze during the Read More …

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Wing in the windtunnel

Posted on17. May 20167. July 2016AuthorGerhard Fließ1 Comment

I built a simple wing profile from plywood and paper and made a short video. In contrast to the sail profile, the wing is less sensitive against stalling. Its possible angle of approach is bigger. Good for pilots, bad for sailors. I will have Read More …

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Deskbreeze goes GoPro

Posted on13. May 20167. July 2016AuthorGerhard FließLeave a comment

Fabio had the idea to film the air flow around the viking ship from inside the wind tunnel, with his GoPro Hero4. Thanks you for lending it to me, Fabio! I was able to play a little bit with it Read More …

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Sail profiles and air flows

Posted on11. May 20167. July 2016AuthorGerhard FließLeave a comment

To show the effects of different sail profiles on the air flow, I built a “sheet” of small wood bars and light fabric, which are backed with a rubber band. A profile attached to a servo controller can be pressed against Read More …

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Cars in the wind tunnel

Posted on2. May 20167. July 2016AuthorGerhard FließLeave a comment

Last week, we put some car models – a model of a Dodge Viper and various Formula 1 cars – into the windtunnel to see what would happen. I created deskbreeze to be able to explain the windflow on sails, but Read More …

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Our Website is online

Posted on24. April 20167. July 2016AuthorGerhard Fließ2 Comments

Following the overwhelmingly positive feedback on the Maker Faire in Vienna we have changed the name of the project from ” Mini wind tunnel ” to ” Desk Breeze ” . After finding the name and doing all the technical stuff the Read More …

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