Lot 41
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WIND TUNNEL TEST MODEL

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • metal alloy
Fiberglass test model finished in high-gloss metallic paint, 10 feet 4 inches long with 4 rotating tailfins measuring 26 inches across, and 4 fixed nosefins each 9 inches across. Housed in the original 10 foot 8 inch long , heavy-duty NASA hinged transport case. 

Provenance

Ex Air & Space Collection of scramjet rocket engineer, Professor Alexander Roudakov

Catalogue Note

A complete, aerodynamic wind tunnel test model, from the largest aerospace testing facility in Europe, the Central Institute of Aviation Motors (CIAM). Constructed ca 1980 in a joint effort between the Russian Central Institute of Aviation Motors (CIAM) and the American National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA).