Comment on why do reverse thrusters work on an airplane, but a fan on a sailboat doesn't work?
gastroglizzy@piefed.social 4 hours agoIt works by redirecting the flow of outgoing gas forwards.
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Karmanopoly@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
snooggums@piefed.world 2 hours ago
The reverse thrusters redirect the air coming out in the opposite direction, so it is like turning the fan in the opposite direction.
A sail catches the air to pull the boat along and some of it bleeds off, but it does not direct any air backwards to propel the ship forward.
ianhclark510@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 hours ago
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