Since 1956 ARA has provided wind tunnel data of the highest quality by developing and utilising highly efficient, world-class techniques for our global civil and military aerospace customer base.

The ARA Transonic Wind Tunnel (TWT) is a closed circuit, continuous flow tunnel with the following operational features;

Test section:                     2.74m wide x 2.44m high (9ft x 8ft).
Four porous walls          22% maximum porosity.
Mach number:                  0 to 1.4
Stagnation pressure:    0.8 to 1.2 atmospheres (standard operation is 1 atmosphere)
Reynolds number:          3.5 to 16.7 million/m (dependent upon Mach number)

The TWT has a number of support systems for a wide range of test types;

• Rear single sting support, basic incidence range -10° to +40°, ±180° roll range
• High incidence offset roll system, up to 70° incidence
• Twin Sting Rig for rear fuselage testing
• Underfloor balance support for semi-span model testing
• 2-dimensional wing testing support (±180° incidence range)
• High-pressure air-feed system for full-span and semi-span testing
• Captive Trajectory System for full 6-degree of freedom store release trajectory testing

ARA provides full model force and moment and pressure measurements using strain-gauge balances, electronic pressure scanners and advanced optical measurement systems and data reduction methods which are tailored to suit individual customers’ needs.