Only a week and a half to go before we spin this puppy up.
In 2009 we set out to conclusively answer the following question... Can a vehicle be built which can go directly downwind, faster than the wind (DDWFTTW), powered only by the wind, steady state? On 3 July 2010 we established a world record by going directly downwind at 2.8 times the true wind speed with the Blackbird. Now we have begun to modify the Blackbird with the intention of going directly UP-wind faster than the wind - steady state.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
One thrust box to go
Tomorrow evening I'll mount this to the prop stand pylons and then I'll start on the dynomometer. I figure I'll be able to finish most of that project by the end of this weekend. Rick should have all the sensors wired and ready to go for dyno testing the following weekend.
Only a week and a half to go before we spin this puppy up.
Only a week and a half to go before we spin this puppy up.