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Originally Posted by cmac2012
A sailboat tacking on the wind I can understand. I listened to the explanation, I watched it happen, and it still sort of bends my head around. If they end up sailing de facto into a headwind why does the propeller keep behaving as though it has a tailwind?
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Think of the prop as having 3 sailboat sails. The wheels are driven by that and actually provide the forward propulsion. I think everyon's first reaction is to think that it is a traditional propeller driven vehicle, when in this case the prop acutally is there to harness the wind and drive the wheels.
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