There's a great Veritasium video explaining the Magnus effect and the Flettner rotor here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OSrvzNW9FE https://www.youtube.com/

There's a great Veritasium video explaining the Magnus effect and the Flettner rotor here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OSrvzNW9FE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OSrvzNW9FE The Norsepower company (which installs Flettner rotors on ships) also has a short video explaining the effect here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUCShEXkpL8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUCShEXkpL8