View Single Post
Old 04-02-2010, 10:53 PM   #9 (permalink)
davidglover
EcoModding Lurker
 
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 19
Thanks: 0
Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post
It is a mind bender, land sailors can go much faster than the wind on a reach - the wheels drive the propeller and the propeller acts like a rotating sail allowing for the cart to go noticeable fast than the wind that is behind it, if you lifted the back of the cart off the ground the propeller would turn the opposite way and the wheels would spin backward. Sound impossible at first, but it is real, see the videos.
  Reply With Quote