Mr Whippy
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 posted on 21/2/08 at 08:37 AM |
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How did this pass the SVA?!?!
I nearly choked on my biscuit when I saw this car for sale, then I thought...I've seen this before! Great minds as they say.
 
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Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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ditchlewis
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| posted on 21/2/08 at 09:00 AM |
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a truely green car if ever i saw one
green power
recycled design
built from recycled old car.
how much greener can you get
ditch
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donut
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| posted on 21/2/08 at 09:23 AM |
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Yeah but what about low bridges?
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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mookaloid
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| posted on 21/2/08 at 10:42 AM |
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I don't know if that's such a good idea my self........I mean what if the wind is coming from the direction you want to go in?
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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Guinness
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| posted on 21/2/08 at 11:17 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
I don't know if that's such a good idea my self........I mean what if the wind is coming from the direction you want to go in?
Mook, I can tell you're not a sailor!
You just tack across the road!
Mike
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 21/2/08 at 11:28 AM |
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According to the owner of the boat, that is when it made it fastest speeds, going into the wind. Unlike a sail boat that has to zig zag and this one
of the claimed benefits of the system. I have seen model wind turbine boats and they make good progress and certainly don't get blown backwards
as most folk would expect.
The way to think of it is look at the blades themselves, there not flat against the wind but angled just like a sail would be getting pushed at 90
degs to the wind, exactly when their most efficient. On top of that the boats front profile is lowest, hence the higher speed
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Werner Van Loock
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| posted on 21/2/08 at 11:57 AM |
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ROFL
Long live PhotoShop
http://www.clubstylus.be
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 21/2/08 at 12:14 PM |
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the boat -
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/02/windmill_sailbo.php
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 21/2/08 at 12:26 PM |
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my personal favourite though I don't know if it was ever built
 
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mookaloid
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| posted on 21/2/08 at 03:15 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Guinness
quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
I don't know if that's such a good idea my self........I mean what if the wind is coming from the direction you want to go in?
Mook, I can tell you're not a sailor!
You just tack across the road!
Mike
I actually thought you had a point there for a minute - however I think that unless you are in the Australian outback (no other traffic on the road)
then tacking is a fairly hazardous manouvre as you may be forced into violating lane discipline
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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