Advice on BUILDING a college Aeronautical Engineering Laboratory?

I am presently a graduating aeronautical engineering student here in the Philippines. Before we graduate, our batch is tasked to have a final project for the benefit of the aeronautical engineering department.





I was planning to propose to build a very own AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY in a medium sized area (around 75-150 sq. meters) which will contain the following in the 2 levels:





Level 1


- Briefing Room stationed with 3 computers installed with design-related programs, references and for the use of the course organization officers


- a mini-library which will house all reference books, compilation of project reports and review materials.





Level 2:


- 1 Wind Tunnel (subsonic)


- 1 Wing Rib Tester





Can anyone recommend some equipment to add to make not-so-big aeronautical laboratory be educational to the course itself? I would really prefer adding more equipment which will be advantageous in learning subjects such as a/c structures, propulsion and instrumentation.





Thank you very much!Advice on BUILDING a college Aeronautical Engineering Laboratory?
i would put the library and briefing room upstairs and the wind tunnel and rib tester downstairs.





you are going to operate and move a lot of heavy equipment, so it would be cheaper and make a lot more sense to move the testing level to the ground. you are also going to be moving wings, ribs, models etc in and out - alot easier if its on the ground :)





good luck with your question.Advice on BUILDING a college Aeronautical Engineering Laboratory?
I suggest adding a room for maintenance testing so engineers can see how their designs affect the way they are serviced in the field. Many times critical components are insanely hard to get to for the mechanics, so designing with that in mind will save costs/down time down the road.

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