Re: [Vo]:Downwind Faster than the Wind (DWFTTW)

[Nick Palmer]

This must be a scam. As Jed said, at the point where the craft is going 
downwind at the speed of the wind, the relative wind across the propeller 
would be zero so it could not accelerate from this point on. If it did, the 
force from the prop would reverse anyway. Even more obviously, if it can 
accelerate from a position of zero relative wind then one could start it off 
in no wind conditions and it would accelerate - perpetual motion just isn't 
that easy!

Nick Palmer

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