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by bxbb
1770 days ago
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The prop is spun by the wheel, not the wind. The tailwind provide push. Think of the wheels as a power bank: It convert and temporarily store linear force to rotational force.
As long as it accumulated enough power to counter the rolling resistance, headwind drag, gravity, gearing loss, etc; the excess rotational force can be used to spin the prop. Which in turn generate additional push to be converted and stored. Within this "loop", the vehicle got two linear input, tailwind and propeller.
This will allow continuous acceleration once the vehicle goes faster than tailwind up to the point where the additional force from the prop is completely negated. |
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