Explore the flow

Show how a sail works

Are you a sailing instructor struggling to explain sailing physics to your pupils?
Would you rather show than tell how a sail works, and what the best position of a sail is, on a certain course?

Then Deskbreeze is for you!

Deskbreeze is a small wind tunnel that fits on a desk easily.

All you need is electricity to plug it in, some water for the heating basin, and dry ice to produce the fog.

How does it work?

When you put the dry ice into the heated water, there is always that "WOW!" moment among the spectators. The dry ice dissolves into fog, and a couple of fans suck the fog into the main chamber through honeycomb cores, which give it a nice linear stream.

You put in a model of a sailing boat, feeding the sheet through the hole in the bottom, and close the lid. You adjust the boat's course with a turntable, and the sail's position with the sheet.

The fog curls around the sail and shows the turbulences the sail causes. Your sail is ideally trimmed, when the air curves gently around the sail without causing too many turbulences.

What you get

The basic Deskbreeze Package contains:

1 complete Deskbreeze device
1 basic model of a Laser dinghy
1 basic model of a Viking boat
1 shovel and 1 funnel for the dry ice
1 towel to put under the water tank
1 stable cardboard box upholstered for transporting everything safely

Important information:

If you want more secure transport, or if you take the Deskbreeze to travel a lot, we recommend to choose the aluminium transport box instead of the custom cardboard box.
You will need a thermobox to store the dry ice, which you should find at a producer near you.
Time to delivery: 4 to 8 weeks, depending on how many customers are in the queue for their custom-made Deskbreeze.

Custom-made and assembled in Austria, EU.

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(from 2.350,- Euros + shipping cost)

Who should get a Deskbreeze,
and who shouldn't

This device is for you

if you are a sailing instructor.
if you operate a sailing school.
if you are a manufacturer of boats or sailing devices.
if you want a crowd-puller in a showroom, at a fair or in an exhibition. Everyone loves that magic moment, when the dry ice bubbles and the fog begins to flow.

This device is not for you

if you don't have access to dry ice anywhere near.
if you are not interested in sailing and/or aerodynamics.

GET YOUR DESKBREEZE

(from 2.350,- Euros + shipping cost)

The team

Inventor

Gerhard Fließ

The creative part of the relationship.
Software developer, sailor, and maker.

Marketing

Gabriele Brandhuber

The practical part of the relationship.
Software instructor, sailor, and maker.

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