Facilities
The Chair of Flight Mechanics and Controls is located in a listed builidng in Marschnerstraße Nr. 28 in Dresden's Johannstadt.
Facilities
The large wind tunnel is of the Göttingen Type with a closed curciut, but it has an open Test section. This allowes for best possible access to the test objects, particularily concerning flow visualization.
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The trainer, also known as the vacuum or high-altitude wind tunnel, is primarily used to model effects in gas-kinetic flows with very high Knudsen numbers, as they occur in the initial phase of reentry.
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This equipment is mainly used for the calibration of measuring instruments as well as simple experiments within the scope of student training.
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The Chair of Flight Mechanics and Control operates multiple unmanned aerial vehicles for rresearch and teaching. Additionally, the Chair owns a Speedgoat Real Time Target Machine that allows rapid prototyping of new flight controllers and hardware-in-the-loop tests before flight testing
Aerial Systems:
- SIG KADET LT-40 (fixed wing):
- Spanwidth: 2m
- Maximum Take-Off Weight: 3.5kg
SIG KADET LT-40
- Quadrocopter:
- Spanwidth: 0.4m
- Maximum Take-Off Weight: 1.2kg
Quadrocopter
History
Project planning for the wind tunnel started in 1954 under the direction of Professor W. Richter, head of the intstitute for applied aerodynamics of the faculty for aeronautics in these days. Preliminary investigation had been conducted by the professors Albring and Klose. The foundation stone was layed in 1955. Due to shortage of funding construction work were being interupted from january 1957 to april 1958. Afterwards, the research center of the aeronautical industry was responsible until 1961. An expertise initiated by Prof. Albring proved the importance of the wind tunnel for education and aerodynamic research in the GDR. This way, demolition of the wind tunnel tube and use of the building for other purposes could be prevented. However, employees had to acquire all fund on their own until 1968. Then, after reformation of the universities in the GDR, the wind tunnel was integrated into the division of fluid mechanics.