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This Old Tornado

Step 6Operation of This Old Tornado

Operation of This Old Tornado
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The tornado power is turned on. The flow of the fog has been slowed and gently fills the chamber floor. In the video below, the power is cut to the fan but left on for the light and fog.


Other tricks and effects:

Interacting with the tornado by inserting your hand in one of the air intakes (watch out not to topple the chamber as in this design there is nothing holding the top on):


Interacting by blowing gently in an air intake:
Disturbing the vortex in this way makes the air flow more like what happens with a real tornado. The air is rarely totally still and many of the interesting twists are caused by slight disturbances in the air entering the vortex.



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