Wingrigg
Since the Americas Cup is at the doorstep, I made a model of a wingrigg and tested in the wind tunnel.
sailing
Deskbreeze goes GoPro
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 and followed his idea. I really like the GoPro Hero4. As “tripod” I used an …
Sail profiles and air flows
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 the sheet to bend it more or less, thus changing the sheet’s profile. At the …