Wind Tunnel

[Cheif Operations Director]

A Wind Tunnel would be very helpful for testing aerodynamics.

[The Aziz]

Quick flight around KSC isn't enough? Especially when you can just revert and pretend that previous failed test never happened. 

[MR L A]

turning on CoM and CoL works well enough for me... or if it doesn't, just fly the thing

[Gargamel]

I believe it was @ZooNamedGames had a neat suggestion for expanding the R&D dept to include a wind tunnel and other 'mini game' type things . 

[Cheif Operations Director]

Basically being able to see pogo problems and aerodynamic flow like in this clip would be helpful for KSP more than flying around because you can not always achieve these speeds.

 

 

 

It is usally enough for me too but sometimes you just need to see it in action.

[Rocket In My Pocket]

KSP aerodynamics aren't as complicated as real life.

There really isn't anything to see except the lift and drag lines you can already see with F12 in flight.

Any "wind tunnel" would more or less serve the exact same purpose the aero display already does, and still most likely require loading to a different scene. So it wouldn't really improve anything over the current system of loading it onto the runway and taking off.

[Cheif Operations Director]

Seeing as your engines would not be on I'm a wind tunnel the controls would instead control the wind speed. It could go up to 50,000 mph this will help test re-entry vehicles and such also

@Rocket In My Pocket

This way you could test heating effects pogo and such you can not just accelate too 50,000 mph from the space center