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Old 11-02-2015, 01:20 PM   #3 (permalink)
jamesqf
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Not actually that dumb of an idea. It actually works if you happen to have a nice, windy dry lake to play on: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackbird_(land_yacht)

But for an ordinary vehicle, I think the biggest drawbacks are 1) carrying around all that excess weight when the wind's not blowing; and 2) chopping up other vehicles, pedestrians, and so on with the propellor :-)
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