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Directly Downwind Faster than the Wind on Discovery Channel
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Discovery Channel aired a report on the wind powered vehicle that goes directly downwind faster than the wind. World record now official : 2.8 x windspeed, directly downwind: www.nalsa.org Full Clip: watch.discoverychannel.ca Project blog: www.fasterthanthewind.org
10 Comments
August 29th, 2010 at 11:14 pm
@JHO1138
Again: I’m not one of the builders.
But it looks like “their theories” (or rather basic school physics) are valid. So the people who insulted them as “cranks” deserved to be insulted back.
Science has spoken on this over 40 ago. Some reality deniers just don’t get it, and they never will. No matter how many experiments are made, they will say “But is it not official yet” and other nonsense, that helps them to save their face.
August 29th, 2010 at 11:29 pm
@JHO1138
You mean: “Is that a real 100m world record, or just an Olympic Committee record?” LOL
And I have no idea what you mean by “your bad behavior”. I’m not one of the builders.
August 29th, 2010 at 11:30 pm
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People were disputing your theories, and you took it very personally and behaved quite childishly, eventually crossing the line and CALLING ONE OF THE FORUM MEMBERS ON THE PHONE AT HIS HOME TO HARASS HIM, which is of course a HUGE no-no.
My advice to you is stop being so defensive in internet threads like this, and just let the science speak for itself. If it is sound, that should be enough. Go on TV, that’s usually enough to convince the proles. Good luck!
August 29th, 2010 at 11:57 pm
@piratewoodleg
Well, perhaps. But is that a real World Record, or a North American Land Sailing Association record?
I admit I did come here to take the piss, but it was primarily because of your bad behavior on that forum thread (which, by the way, I did not actually participate in, only observed).
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August 30th, 2010 at 12:35 am
@JHO1138
The record IS OFFICIAL.
Quote from NALSAs page:
“The Blackbird, piloted by Rick Cavallaro sailed directly downwind at 27.7 mph in a sustained 10 mph wind, setting a record for ratio of boat speed to true wind speed of nearly 2.8.”
With your reading comprehension problems, it is no wonder the forum-thread didn’t go well.
August 30th, 2010 at 12:54 am
@piratewoodleg
Correction, they have the submission report on their website. It’s not an official record yet.
And “the trainwreck” refers to the forum thread. That thread is dead in the water, I don’t think it’ll be setting any wind speed records soon LOLOLOLOLOLOL
August 30th, 2010 at 1:15 am
@JHO1138
The “trainwreck” just set an official world record, sailing directly downwind at 2.8x windspeed. The North American Land Sailing Association (NALSA) has it on their website.
August 30th, 2010 at 1:26 am
@piratewoodleg
LOL … no, merely a witness to the trainwreck
August 30th, 2010 at 1:39 am
@JHO1138
As far I can tell you are bitter, probably because you are one of the “geniuses” who claimed that it was impossible.
August 30th, 2010 at 2:12 am
Rick is bitter, as you can tell … he’s also lying. That “internet forum” was very polite to him, trying to engage him in intelligent debate on the subject, until he got very, very nasty. His theory doesn’t hold up to scrutiny, and he couldn’t handle the criticisms. He signed onto the forum expecting dumb sheep, and got mad when he found clever foxes