Re: Windmilling up wind.


toad_oftoadhall@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Pete Verdon wrote:
toad_oftoadhall@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

....and what's to stop Chris's tide power machine that uses the tide
to drive a turbine to power it forward using a propeller?

The same thing I explained in reply to his post - it needs a 'more
solid' medium to 'push against'.

I think you mean denser. You're wrong on this. If you can use a fluid
(air) to push against another fluid (water) you can certainly do the
reverse. (In theory - in practice it might be a bit different)

No he isn't wrong, and he appear to have a much better grasp on this,
than you do.

....and why don't cars have propellers fitted to harness the air
moving over the panels and create even more forward thrust?

Not sure about that one; it might work but I suspect you need real true
wind over the ground to extract energy from, not apparent wind caused by
your own motion.

FFS Pete. You really don't understand this. (Not that I do either)

Well at least you admit that much, but the fact that you won't accept
either models, or full size vessels that have been seen working, or
academic papers that prove the theory.

Pyro.

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