Thread: "Faster than the wind," impossible they say but the Blackbird settles the debate
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Old 08-01-2021, 07:50 PM   #134 (permalink)
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Point taken.

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even getting close to wind speed downwind would be an improvement
Not being the son of a sailor, I didn't know this. Hydrodynamic drag?

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