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A Desktop Wind Tunnel for Toy Cars

The Windsible runs on mysterious "fog fluid"

By Rain Noe - July 1

in Cars | Toy | Crowdfunding

A startup called Fun Tech Lab is Kickstarting this Windsible gadget. It's a desktop wind tunnel for toy cars, where you can control the flow and theoretical speed of the vapor trails.

It comes in three different sizes, to accommodate cars of 1:18, 1:24 and 1:64 scale. Prices are $289, $200 and $130, respectively. The company doesn't say how it works, nor offer much detail about the vapor itself. They only mention it comes with one bottle of "fog fluid," and do not say where you're supposed to buy more when it runs out, nor how much it would cost.

I'm always wary of products like this, where they're produced by a startup and require regular purchase of a consumable in order to work. If they go belly-up, you're left with an expensive paperweight.

Kickstarter backers have no such fear. The Windsible has been successfully funded with $170K in pledges and counting, with 41 days left to pledge at press time.

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Juan Cano

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So this is just for display?? I actually thought for that price point it would give you a drag coefficient!! I think it'd be cool for 5 minutes.

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Dee An

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"If they go belly-up, you're left with an expensive paperweight." Wrong.
Wow, he writes a whole paragraph expressing his worries, yet he doesn't just Google 'fog fluid'. If he had, he'd see its widely and cheaply available for for nightclub smoke machines. And yes, the glycol or glycerin base is much the same as found in vapes.

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After decades of use, the fog solution used in aircraft simulators to simulate smoke & fire in the cockpit, was deemed a health risk. They haven't found a substitute. I hope it's safe. Like the idea though.

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Derek Chan

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Probably some glycol solution like in vapes. Add a tube on the back and it becomes dual use!

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  Secondary to this, imagine vape pens with a tiny wind tunnel like this on them! A little cheesy but fun.
  
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