Ecotricity Greenbird smashes the world record
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Uploaded on Mar 28, 2009
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 Greenbird clocked 126.1 mph (202.9 km/h) , eclipsing the old, American held, record of 116 mph , set by Bob Schumacher in the Iron Duck in March 1999 at the same location.
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greenbirdproject 4 years ago
Hi Guys - Richard is very busy at the mo, but we might be able to get him to answer some of your questions on here in a few days... thanks for all the support though - especially for making the video the 31st most viewed video on Youtube this week! Awesome!
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All Comments (54)
ibibi 2 weeks ago
what is the velocity of wind?
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SuperniusPL 2 months ago
almost like F1. Nice wideo. I posted on my web side
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Some Other Guy Too 3 months ago
You are a waste of oxygen.
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Mindmodic 7 months ago
Hehe thats pretty cool
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Michael Hiltunen 1 year ago
such a waste of money
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Sagempurple 1 year ago
around 30mph
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flyingfishsurf 3 years ago
with only one running board, i'm assuming the greenbird gets towed back to start each new run. is the lower portion of the wind absolutely fixed or can it be trimmed like the head of the wing? if the entire wing cannot luff, how is the upwind tow accomplished? do they have to attach another running board?
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wildblue2 3 years ago
I'm guessing wheel traction is the limiting factor for land sailing. Is the wing on the trailing edge the only sheeting mechanism?
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Yeliogan 3 years ago
have to make a wind powered machine for school science so gonna make a model of this
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