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Forum: Tech Log

13th Sep 2015, 12:36

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Posted By Chu Chu

What about the effect of reversers on braking...

What about the effect of reversers on braking performance?

Presumably any air dam effect would disrupt flow over the wings, tending to destroy residual lift and putting more weight on the...

Forum: Tech Log

12th Sep 2015, 14:35

Replies: 41

Thrust Reversers

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Posted By Chu Chu

Journey Man -- I was being a little cute --...

Journey Man --

I was being a little cute -- by "make its own wind" in this context, I just meant that the fan would in fact fill the sail and cause the boat to move. But once the boat started...

Forum: Tech Log

12th Sep 2015, 13:45

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Posted By Chu Chu

Actually, a fan blowing air at a sailboat sail...

Actually, a fan blowing air at a sailboat sail would cause the boat to move. They say a sailboat on a close reach "makes its own wind" -- with a fan toward the bow, it would literally be true.
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Forum: Tech Log

8th Sep 2015, 23:13

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Posted By Chu Chu

I can't find a good reference to link to, but...

I can't find a good reference to link to, but I've read in several reports about ships with propellers in steerable pods that were designed to "crash stop" by turning the pods 90 degrees inward or...

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