Ever wonder how effectively your model cars would slice through the air if they were full-scale functional automobiles? Well, a little something known

Windsible puts a miniature functional wind tunnel on your desktop

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2024-07-10 20:30:05

Ever wonder how effectively your model cars would slice through the air if they were full-scale functional automobiles? Well, a little something known as the Windsible could tell ya (sort of), as it's touted as being the world's first consumer desktop wind tunnel.

Currently the subject of a Kickstarter campaign, the Windsible is manufactured by Hong Kong startup Fun-Tech-Lab. It's being offered in three sizes, designed for use with 1:18, 1:24 and 1:64-scale cars, respectively.

Users start by powering the thing up, after which they place an included "fog" cartridge in one end of the device, put their model car in the clear-doored display compartment, then hit the Start button. That button is also used to dial up the desired scale wind speed, which tops out at 260 mph (418 km/h).

Parallel trails of fog proceed to flow out of the cartridge, around the car, and into a filter at the far end of the Windsible. LEDs within the display compartment help users see how the contours of the car affect the way in which the fog (and thus the air) moves past it.