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It's called the "Magnus effect" and is not new at all: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_effect There are airplane
by frik 12y ago
It's called the "Magnus effect" and is not new at all: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_effect
There are airplanes and boats that use this technique too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotor_ship http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotor_ship , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flettner_airplane http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flettner_airplane , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcyone_(ship) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcyone_(ship) , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Ship_1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Ship_1 ,
Wind mills and green energy is great, so go for it - just don't try to patent the "Magnus effect".