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Originally Posted by freebeard
Technically, it is a 'parlor trick' AKA unscalable scientific inquiry.
No way you'll move freight on the Interstate that way.
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The Interstate, no. There are no conventional sailing freight haulers on the Interstate now either.
But the concept can be applied to ships to allow them to sail in any direction, like straight against the wind and also straight down the wind. Maybe that won't be faster than the wind, but even getting close to wind speed downwind would be an improvement over using traditional sails.
There even does not need to be a physical link between the (air) propeller and the (water) propeller, like there is between the propeller and the wheels of the Blackbird. Each could be connected to a motor/generator and do whatever is best, even if that's drawing from batteries in a wind lull. At other times the principle will work as intended.
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Last edited by RedDevil; 08-01-2021 at 08:45 PM..
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