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"Faster than the wind," impossible they say but the Blackbird settles the debate
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You previously wrote, and I read, all of that. You're skipping over the energy needed at Step 3. What you're describing is a propeller driven car moving slightly above the speed of its tail wind. And this requires a power input.
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