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STEM is fun!

This is a Closed

Loop Vertical

Wind Tunnel.

350 HPfanX2

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350 HPfanX2

Wind tunnel

testing

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Fluids

vs.

Solids

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Air

is a

fluid.

iFLY | INDOOR SKYDIVING 9By Georgepehli (Own work) [CCBY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Moving air can cause a force.

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gravity

pulling you down

force of air

pushing you up

force of air

pushing you up

gravity

pulling you down

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A smaller

frontal area

increases

your velocity.

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A larger

frontal area

decreases

your velocity.

iFLY | INDOOR SKYDIVING 17By Krzysztof Wilk (Krzysztof Wilk) [CCBY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

By User Alers onsv.wikipedia - Originally from sv.wikipedia

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Let’s try it out!

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