A 40% scale model of an airplane is to be tested in a flow regime where unsteady flow effects are important.
If the full scale vehicle experiences the unsteady effects at a Mach number of 1 at an altitude of 40,000 ft, what pressure must the model be tested at to produce an equal Reynolds number?
The model is to be tested in air at 70°F. What will the timescale of the flow about the model be relative to the full-scale vehicle?