Posted: Mar 07, 2011 10:32 am
Davian wrote:
How well does this concept work with watercraft? has it been tried? I can see trouble there.
You replace the wheels with an underwater turbine, which is less efficient. Also more difficult due to hull drag. Maybe with hydro foils.
Davian wrote:
And as mentioned in the Wired Article, the next thing is to see how fast it can be made to drive into the wind. How goes that?
See this post:
http://www.rationalskepticism.org/gener ... ml#p747722
And this paper:
http://orbit.dtu.dk/getResource?recordI ... ersionId=1