Corporate Research Facility
Bihrle has developed a wholly-owned research center located in Germany incorporating a unique vertical wind tunnel and associated testing apparatus which became operational in 1991. The Large-Amplitude, Multi-Purpose (LAMP) Wind Tunnel was designed specifically to eliminate the undesirable cost and time constraints associated with assembling large aerodynamic data bases, in addition to providing experimental capabilities not available in other facilities.
Using a single model, one can quickly acquire the aerodynamic data necessary for calculating all the full-scale subsonic vehicle motions realized in all flight regimes, including stall and post-stall flight. Force and moment as well as pressure data can be measured in static, body-axis oscillatory, and wind-axis rotational motions at all angles of attack, sideslip, oscillatory and rotational rates theoretically attainable by a vehicle.