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Indoor Testing Facilities available at the NASA Unmanned Autonomy Research Complex (NUARC)
Apr 9, 2026, 9:21 PM
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WindShaper A large WindShaper fan array is available for dynamic low-speed and hovering flight research. The WindShaper is ideal for generating arbitrary wind gradients and wind gusts via a simple Python API. A companion WindProbe is also available for quick surveys of flows. The WindProbe utilizes the lab’s OptiTrack motion capture system to extract the […]
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A large WindShaper fan array is available for dynamic low-speed and hovering flight research.
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April 9, 2025
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A large WindShaper fan array is available for dynamic low-speed and hovering flight research. The WindShaper is ideal for generating arbitrary wind gradients and wind gusts via a simple Python API. A companion WindProbe is also available for quick surveys of flows. The WindProbe utilizes the lab’s OptiTrack motion capture system to extract the position and orientation of the 5-hole cone probe located on the probe tip.
•Large dynamic fan array: 9’x7’, 1134 fans arranged as 567 ‘wind pixels’
•Wind speeds: 0 to 16 m/s (0 to 36 mph/31 kts)
•Acceleration: 4 m/s2, Deceleration: 2.5 m/s2
•Each fan is programmable via Python scripting
•Replicates steady winds, gusts, and wind gradients
WindProbe for handheld mobile wind data collection.
WindShaper
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