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Old 3 Apr 2006, 07:50 (Ref:1568787)   #2
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Originally Posted by JulianF
Hi All,
Just watching the Aust GP telecast and Mike Gascoyne from Toyota was interviewed - mentioned that they have 1 Wind Tunnel running 24/7 52 weeks a year; and another being built.
I was wondering a) what are full-scale wind tunnels to build and b) what are they to run per hour? $1000 per hour? $10,000?

I suppose that this is a "how long's a piece of string?" question....

Cheers
Julian F
I know it costs around £4-500 per hour to hire MIRA's full size wind tunnel (going to be booking a couple of hours 'soon'). Presumably they make a bit of a profit out of it.
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