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Everyone will say this craft breaks the laws of physics - Risking my life to settle a physics debate

Posted by cfabbro
Tags: physics, inertial frame of reference, relative motion, propulsion, blackbird, land yachts, sportvision, energy.kinetic, author.derek muller, videos, veritasium
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyQwgBAaBag

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Title
Risking My Life To Settle A Physics Debate
Authors
Veritasium
Duration
21:38
Published
May 29 2021

6 comments

  1. [2]
    cfabbro
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    Follow-up video from Veritasium: A Physics Prof Bet Me $10,000 I'm Wrong

    Follow-up video from Veritasium:
    A Physics Prof Bet Me $10,000 I'm Wrong

    6 votes
    1. soks_n_sandals
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      I would love to see an accurate CFD model of this craft or a wind tunnel visualization. I think seeing a representation of the flow through the "fan"-like propeller against a steady state tail...

      I would love to see an accurate CFD model of this craft or a wind tunnel visualization. I think seeing a representation of the flow through the "fan"-like propeller against a steady state tail wind would be fascinating. Gusts would be particularly cool, too, since there will be so many additional things at play.

      6 votes
  2. cfabbro
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    Related video from fellow YouTuber, Steve Mould (also ft. Matt Parker of Stand-up Maths), that does a really good job of explaining some of the basic principles behind this phenomena: Sailing...

    Related video from fellow YouTuber, Steve Mould (also ft. Matt Parker of Stand-up Maths), that does a really good job of explaining some of the basic principles behind this phenomena:

    Sailing Faster Than The Wind - How Is That Even Possible?

    2 votes
  3. [3]
    Weldawadyathink
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    Aw man, I was about to post this video. Anyway, it is a really cool idea and execution. I would have never come up with this.

    Aw man, I was about to post this video.

    Anyway, it is a really cool idea and execution. I would have never come up with this.

    1 vote
    1. [2]
      cfabbro
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      I already beat you to the latest StrangeParts video too. ;) No worries though, it got way less attention with my modified headline than it deserved, IMO... so hopefully yours gets more.

      I already beat you to the latest StrangeParts video too. ;)

      No worries though, it got way less attention with my modified headline than it deserved, IMO... so hopefully yours gets more.

      2 votes
      1. Weldawadyathink
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        Aw man! I was going to check if it was posted, but it was really late and I was lazy.

        Aw man! I was going to check if it was posted, but it was really late and I was lazy.

        2 votes