On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 8:51 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
> I believe it was Curtis LeMay who favored dropping the second bomb because
> he felt it was important to get "field experience" with implosion bombs.
> He was a charming fellow. I guess that's the kind of person it takes to win
> wars, regre
I do not see how this can work! They are going with the wind, so if
they start to travel at the same speed as the wind, the propeller
should stop turning.
Maybe I am missing something.
- Jed
well, their own speed would let the prop spin as drag, but it would
have to slow down eventually.
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
> I do not see how this can work! They are going with the wind, so if they
> start to travel at the same speed as the wind, the propeller should
Wouldn't you know - they even have a url
http://www.fasterthanthewind.org/
-Original Message-
From: Jed Rothwell
I do not see how this can work! They are going with the wind, so if
they start to travel at the same speed as the wind, the propeller
should stop turning.
Maybe I am mis
I am guessing that the propeller propels a belt/chain which is geared into the
wheels.
Lawry
On Sep 21, 2010, at 1:26 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
> I do not see how this can work! They are going with the wind, so if they
> start to travel at the same speed as the wind, the propeller should stop
On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:26:47 -0400, you wrote:
>I do not see how this can work! They are going with the wind, so if
>they start to travel at the same speed as the wind, the propeller
>should stop turning.
>
>Maybe I am missing something.
>
>- Jed
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Notice from the pitch of the propeller and i
On 9/22/2010 1:26 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
I do not see how this can work! They are going with the wind, so if
they start to travel at the same speed as the wind, the propeller
should stop turning.
Maybe I am missing something.
Yes what an interesting puzzle! But knowing that it can be done a
Quite baffling. I love the amount of conjecture this tiny little
transportation device has spontaneously generated within the Vort
Collective. Nice to see that the Vort juices haven't completely
atrophied. Creative conjecture of this sort seems to have been kind of
sparse lately! ;-) I still remain
I think we can think of this in terms of three phases:
1. Start from a dead stop
2. Acceleration to a speed superior to that of the wind
3. Post acceleration performance
1. I am guessing that the contraption just starts moving forward because of the
push of the wind on its vertical surface, e.g.
Ah yes, it is the old mystery of capturing "apparent wind".
Apparent wind is the wind that you "make yourself" i.e. you feel on your
face as you move forward such as on a bicycle. True wind is the wind that is
blowing naturally.
There is a long-forgotten way it could be done today, with huge OU
Jack says: Counter-theory othe than 'Nuclear'// a la' very-long-term natural
warming/counter-ice-age warming with 'notable human assist.'
Aside from all other fossil fuel usage ref: One 747 leaving LA-X uses more
oxygen on 'take-off alone' than every personal gasoline powered vehicle in
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 3:51 PM, Jones Beene wrote:
> Maybe the Russians are using the technique on the this helicopter, which
> seems to be getting a massive amount of lift with almost no blade speed ...
> cough, cough.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgvuQGY946g
Personally, I liked the "tw
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