The North American F-86 Sabre, which was to become the USAF's first sweptwing fighter, and its first fighter able to exceed a speed of Mach 1 in a shallow dive, was flown for the first time in XP-86 prototype (NA-140) form on 1 October 1947.

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Professional wind tunnel

Plans to construct your own professional wind tunnel. Designed by NASA Low cost project (can be built for less then US$250.00) This was designed to produce a steady airflow with no turbulence in the testing area. Designed to test scale model/s of your airfoil, fuselage, canopy etc.
Date: 16/01/2003 • Views: 31531 • Downloads: 7697 • Rating: 4.92 (735 Votes) Category (back)
Download Professional wind tunnel (658.49KB)
—did you know… the traditional scale for kit models: 1:144 1:100 1:72 1:48 1:32 1:24 (1/144 1/100 1/72 1/48 1/32 1/24) 
With 1/48 and 1/72 being the most popular for aircraft.

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Very quick download time - no problems and it was easy to extract the files. I've just had a quick look at this stage but there seems to be complete documentation. I definately intend to build one so I'll post results of the build as it happens. Worthwhile project by the look of it!
Posted By: Mick Stott on 31/12/2011 at 1:03:16

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