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.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
The money shot
Check out the streamer above the nose of the vehicle and also just to the left of the prop. What's wrong (or right) with this picture?
All this work to get a streamer and a flag to oppose each other with only wind power. :-)
