Fun with physics
... Getting a cart to go faster than the wind downwind ...
How does this cart work? Check here for the video also:
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/02/06/video_can_a_vehicle_.html. The link to
the discussion is
here.
Thanks to Chris Jones.
A picture of the cart here:
http://www.dcss.org/bauer_cart.jpg
Here's a Youtube video of a wind-powered cart (with R/C steering)
that goes downwind faster than the wind (DWFTTW) "No it is NOT impossible!".
Jack Goodman in Florida built this cart to end a long argument on the Amateur
Yacht Research Society website (www.ayrs.org)
about whether DWFTTW is even possible -- but it just led to more discussions,
with some believing the video is a hoax. Google "DWFTTW" for more, and there's a
ton of discussion on the ayrs Yahoo! Group. Here's Jack's writeup (PDF).
http://OzReport.com/1171647662
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