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Not sure about that. Normal sails "bend" away from the wind and thus have a much stronger lift. This concept's sails are "beant" outwards and would lose much of
by FrontAid 6y ago
Not sure about that. Normal sails "bend" away from the wind and thus have a much stronger lift. This concept's sails are "beant" outwards and would lose much of the wind's force. This source [1] states that "The futuristic sails are like airplane wigs using the same level of aerodynamic technology" which would imply that they absolutely do not "work just like normal sails".
[1] https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/swedish-collaboration-unveils-world-s-largest-sail-powered-car-carrier https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/swedish-collabora...
- newsclues 6y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airfoil https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airfoil
- nabla9 6y agoWingsail works with the same principle as conventional sail, it's just more efficient (hang gliders use the sails to fly).
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- jasonwatkinspdx 6y agoWingsails like this generally have a 3x to 5x advantage in lift/drag ratio for equal area.