Large wind tunnel

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The wind tunnel in 1935
Interior shot from October 1935 with a 2700 HP fan. The propeller with a diameter of 8.5 m is driven by an electric motor.
The wind tunnel as a technical monument in 2010

The large wind tunnel of the aerodynamic park in Berlin-Adlershof was built from 1932 to 1934. The wind tunnel was used for aerodynamic studies in air currents. In the tubular system with a diameter between 8.5 m and 12 m, the air flow was directed in a measuring room onto aircraft parts and their resistance behavior was measured. A special feature is the Zeiss Dywidag shell construction with a wall thickness of 8 cm. The renovated monument is only rarely opened to small groups of people, as it is statically not very resilient.

The wind tunnel is listed as part of the former location of the German Aviation Research Institute .

Other uses

Due to its unusual architecture, it served as the backdrop for the film Æon Flux (2005), which is set 400 years in the future. Numerous scenes were filmed inside the tube or inside the wind tunnel. Other productions, such as the action film Wer ist Hanna? (2011), have since used the wind tunnel as a backdrop.

Web links

Commons : Large Wind Tunnel  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Entry in the Berlin State Monument List for the former DLV location

Coordinates: 52 ° 25 ′ 55 ″  N , 13 ° 31 ′ 44 ″  E