NUMBER 02 - Haas Automation, Inc.

According to company officials, Windshear Inc. will operate
the one-of-a-kind facility 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with a
staff of 25. The facility will be available for hire to all motor sports
teams and auto manufacturers, providing services previously
available only to top Formula 1 teams.
Although two similar rolling-road facilities exist in Europe,
and numerous scale-model tunnels operate worldwide, what
makes this new facility unique is its business model: Windshear
is being made available to all F1, Indy, stock car racers and auto
manufacturers. Most other facilities found around the world are
proprietary operations, owned and operated by manufacturers,
or race teams, for their own use.
Windshear was designed to accommodate 100% full-scale
vehicles, and provide constant airspeeds up to 290 kmh (180 mph),
with temperatures controlled to within plus or minus 0.55 °C (1 °F).
The high-tech rolling road will be 3.2 meters (10.5 feet) wide by 9
meters (29.5 feet) long, and be able to accelerate from zero to 290
kmh in less than one minute. The “road” is actually a continuous
stainless steel belt just one millimeter thick, and it is designed to
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last up to 5000 operational hours. During testing, “through-the-belt”
sensors measure the aerodynamic down force under each tyre,
while a sophisticated on-board data acquisition system collects
other test-critical data.
High-quality, repeatable data, as well as security and privacy,
are the standard for Windshear. Every step of the way, from
determining customer requirements to customer check-in to
vehicle setup to vehicle testing, Windshear’s experienced and
skilled personnel will work to ensure that all customer needs are
met quickly and professionally.
Windshear’s state-of-the-art wind tunnel and 180-mile-perhour
rolling road promise to provide a stable, verifiable and
repeatable environment for motor sports testing – in a highly
secure and private working environment.