Inside the World's Largest Wind Tunnel

It’s 80 feet high, 120 feet wide, that's large enough to hold a Boeing 737. Now trucking companies are using the wind tunnel to make their massive machines more efficient.


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Inside the World's Largest Wind Tunnel

Featuring: Alex Davies

[mikeschulte]

Imagine being sucked into those fans knowing ur about to be chopped to bits and not being able to hold onto anything to stop it. That would be scary

[Steeringwheelholder]

As a truck driver, I could only see all the swift guys breaking all them fancy panels off in a heartbeat

[crywhit]

I thought this video was about the truck, and that we would have gotten more info and stats on its performance in the tunnel.

[AB-X]

Since when does a wind tunnel create wind using turbines? They are FANS, not TURBINES...

[michaelduke]

You see that's a good idea because they made the trailer as well as the truck not many truck companies do that Volvo make some good trucks as well

[wiy]

It would be helpful if some of us were not impeded by companies that set the governor at only 62 mph (or if you drive for Prime 55 mph).

[johndeerebro]

They should put wind turbines at the end to try and recollect as much of that energy as possible.

[PolakeXD]

Pretty nice idea but I don't think it will get the 50% fuel efficiency at all because it always depends on how the driver is driving this truck and how good the fuel quality is.

For example we tank fuel at some fuel station which sells very dirty fuel and if the fuel filter gets very dirty then it can reduce the fuel flow. I don't know if the fuel in the US is very clean or not but at European countries it is very common to get a bad quality fuel :/

[quizzer]

Make a video about the world's largest wind tunnel. Do not show the tunnel actually working.

[bookittycat]

(Gets in there)
(Wind turns on)
Me:NOPE
(Leaves the room)

[immanuelarriaga]

I'm doing a paper on Wind Tunnels so this is a good introduction!

[chris-hayes]

do wind tunnels really help that much compared to a $0 maintenance software simulation

[kitStep]

gotta rewatch armour of god 2 operation condor (:

[howardlitson]

This is visible material, non nanotechnology

[ShubhamBhushanCC]

Can we just make it a complete box and make it run on coal while releasing TEL into the air?

[O-cDxA]

Did he just say " A boat tail to reduce the truck's WEIGHT " ??