ThinAirDesigns

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by ThinAirDesigns 16y ago
Wow -- just wow. Moving on.
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by ThinAirDesigns 16y ago
It is likely that the team from San Jose State University will use this vehicle to answer that very question during the next academic year, but it will involve a bit more work than just transmission changes. While it is true that with only
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by ThinAirDesigns 16y ago
Me: "it can't be using the stored energy in the propeller" You: "Note that I didn't say it was. Sorry to get you off-script." Wow -- you make a clear claim and then two posts later are denying you even said it. I'll refresh your memory:
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by ThinAirDesigns 16y ago
Actually naz, that is one of the key and common misconceptions of this vehicle -- the propeller IS producing thrust. Contrary to popular believe, the spinning rotor is not a turbine (as you describe), but rather a garden variety prop which
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by ThinAirDesigns 16y ago
@Semiapies: >It is admittedly using stored energy - the propellers are spun by the wheels, which are spinning due to the vehicle's forward motion. I'm sorry, but by that logic your car is also "admittedly using stored energy" to acceler
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by ThinAirDesigns 16y ago
@Semiapies: A: if the vehicle can accelerate under the power of the wind to several multiples of the windspeed, what would suddenly make it slow down? Are you suspecting stored energy is being used somehow? B: How long of a run would conv
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by ThinAirDesigns 16y ago
There is no stored energy involved in the acceleration -- it is all powered by slowing the air down relative to the surface(as all wind powered craft do).