Patent ID: 7156744
Filing Date: 2007-01-02
Classification: A63G,B64D,D07B,G01M

Abstract:
1. A vertical wind tunnel skydiving simulator comprising: a recirculating airflow plenum having a generally rectangular configuration; a vertical flight chamber capable of floating at least one human housed within a first vertical side member of the generally rectangular configuration and located on an inlet side of a fan assembly; said fan assembly further comprising a plurality of fans mounted horizontally in a top member of the generally rectangular configuration; wherein the top member return duct, the first vertical side member, a second vertical side member return duct of the generally rectangular configuration each have a divergent wall segment to expand a flow of recirculating air while maintaining a generally laminar airflow; and wherein an uppermost part of the top member is no more about 50–120 feet above a lowest part of a bottom member of the generally rectangular configuration.