Faster then the wind?

[tbburg]

This is interesting. For the mechanically inclined, how do you get the wind to push you faster then it is moving? Even more interesting, how do you do it against the wind?


http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120727-the-wind-beneath-my-wheels

http://www.fasterthanthewind.org/

 

[bjoehandley]

So the crossed a bicycle and a wind turbine and made it so somebody could actually drive the thing...........cool!



Is it me, or does this sound a bit Phineas and Ferb like?

 

[REWSTER]

So the crossed a bicycle and a wind turbine and made it so somebody could actually drive the thing...........cool!



Is it me, or does this sound a bit Phineas and Ferb like?

I love that show!!

 

[bjoehandley]

I love that show!!

Same here, my also adult and childless little sister watch it all the time. She found something a while back where alot of the formulas they use on that cartoon actually have a basis in science and/or math in real life!