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Ecotricity Greenbird smashes the world record

On the morning of March 26th, on the dry Lake Ivanpah, The Ecotricity Greenbird driven by British engineer, Richard Jenkins smashed the world land speed record for wind powered vehicles. The Greenb...  
 
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wildblue2 (1 week ago) Show Hide
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I'm guessing wheel traction is the limiting factor for land sailing. Is the wing on the trailing edge the only sheeting mechanism?
Yeliogan (1 month ago) Show Hide
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have to make a wind powered machine for school science so gonna make a model of this
TrickyEmu (3 months ago) Show Hide
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many people don't know that the Sahara consists of only 10% sand desert. The rest is rocky and flat or just flat. I can imagine that people there could use them. Of course a modified version. But in 2050, this could be a day-today vehicle. Australians could use that too.
dontno27 (4 months ago) Show Hide
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I was out sailing on the other side of the lake the November before this happened and I went across and met Richard and took a good look at the boat! Congrats you guys!
Globalpack (4 months ago) Show Hide
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Very impressive accomplishment right there.
ollygc (5 months ago) Show Hide
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rich jenkins is my neighbours son
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113MPG (7 months ago) Show Hide
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Id didnt go faster because it was going sideways a bit. On the water its called Leeway or side slipping. If this was a boat with hydrofoils it wouldnt have gone sideways. He was overstearing a bit to compansate
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AMAZING. What is most incredible is actual wind speed. Had to google to find out this: "Perhaps more impressive, Jenkins managed to hit 126.1 mph with winds clocked at just 30 mph." (from Wired)
I didn't know of anything faster than 3 times the wind-speed (already amazing). This is almost science-fiction!!
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Your forgeting the apparent wind must be added to the 30 mph wind. So now you must be wondering why id didnt go faster.

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