Comic for Wednesday, 10/16 (Early High Res)
Added 2019-10-16 01:11:26 +0000 UTCConsole War: 1985, p1
Comments
Nah, the net movement of the reaction mass is what matters. Since the air will bounce off the sails and move backwards, there will be a small forward thrust, though not as much as if they simply turned around and blew backwards, because of the inelastic dampening of the sails and the turbulence of reversing the flow at that interface. Assuming, of course, that they blow hard enough to reach those sails. If it were a person the thrust would dissipate before reaching that distance, having pushed off the static air in between, and the nominal thrust would indeed push them backward.
Paul Anguiano
2019-10-17 22:04:45 +0000 UTCWouldn't the action of blowing into the sails have the reaction of pushing backwards?
Aeneas Feggans
2019-10-16 08:04:43 +0000 UTCThat’s some seriously beautiful water, sir!
Peter Eduard
2019-10-16 05:29:03 +0000 UTC
