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Google-Backed Wind-Powered Car Goes Faster Than the Wind

Posted by timothy on from the duh-it's-pushed-by-the-google dept.

sterlingda writes "A wind-powered car has been clocked in the US traveling downwind 2.85 times faster than the 13.5 mph wind. The definitive research by Rick Cavallaro of FasterThanTheWind.org is being funded by Google and Joby Energy. The run should now settle the DWFTTW (downwind faster than the wind) debate that has been raging for some time on the Internet about whether or not such a feat was possible."

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  1. Re:Debate? by Hurricane78 · · Score: 0, Troll

    You mean you like being a crab in a bucket? And so should others?

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    Any sufficiently advanced intelligence is indistinguishable from stupidity.
  2. I hate illiterate dumb arses by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I hate illiterate dummies who revel in their own, or more often, other's ignorance, preferring for everyone to be ignorant rather than have to make the effort to communicate more efficiently.

    Mind you, the other poster put it better. Crab in a bucket.

  3. Re:Very old news. by The_mad_linguist · · Score: 0, Troll

    >It's also the same principle that keeps planes in the air -- higher pressure on the bottom of the wing relative to the top.
    Common misconception. Planes fly because of two reasons:
    1) The wings are typically angled downward
    2) Pure downward-directed thrust.