Comment on why do reverse thrusters work on an airplane, but a fan on a sailboat doesn't work?

SolSerkonos@piefed.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

The fan is pushing the boat backwards. The sail is pushing the boat forwards, but with slightly less efficiency since the air is losing speed between the fan and the sail. So you’d go slightly backwards.

So.. it would work, just so poorly there’s no reason to bother.

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