mikeofaustin
Bronze Member
Perhaps you may have stumbled up the recent nerd rage of, "Can a wind driven vehicle (passive), go faster than the wind itself that drives it"?. The quickest answer, that I myself immediatly came up with is "Obviuosly not". But, to my suprise, it's is possible. It's a head scracher for sure. It all started with the first proto-type on youtube here->
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJpdWHFqHm0
Then later, they actually build a full sized vehicle to prove it. I was swayed because I finally looked at the way the propellar was spinning. It was pushing 'against' the wind. Not using the wind itself to drive the wheels.
Here is the official website http://www.fasterthanthewind.org/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJpdWHFqHm0
Then later, they actually build a full sized vehicle to prove it. I was swayed because I finally looked at the way the propellar was spinning. It was pushing 'against' the wind. Not using the wind itself to drive the wheels.
Here is the official website http://www.fasterthanthewind.org/