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Old 06-23-2021, 03:41 PM   #26 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by jakobnev View Post
It seems involving wind and propellers obfuscates the principle too much, let me instead ask:

Can a cart pulled by a rope go faster than the rope?

(Nothing else powers the cart.)
1) Is the rope inelastic or elastic?
2) Are you measuring rope velocity at the rope/cart connection point, or the prime mover/rope connection point velocity?
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