Post on 14-Jul-2020
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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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