http://blog.greenbird.co.uk/2009/03/21/greenbird-at-americas-cup-regatta/ The Ecotricity Greenbird in world wind-powered speed record challenge Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:16:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://blog.greenbird.co.uk/2009/03/21/greenbird-at-americas-cup-regatta/comment-page-1/#comment-1162 Walter Whitehead Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:29:50 +0000 http://blog.greenbird.co.uk/?p=342#comment-1162 Just curious...in some of the photos of the record run I see the main sail (wing) bending away from your wing in ground effect and side car wheel. Do you use the weight of the wheel assembly and negative lift on the wing in ground effect to react the over-turning moment rather then the opposite (positive lift on the wing in ground effect and force of over-turning moment pushing the side wheel into the ground)? This is counter intuitive...Walter Whitehead Just curious…in some of the photos of the record run I see the main sail (wing) bending away from your wing in ground effect and side car wheel. Do you use the weight of the wheel assembly and negative lift on the wing in ground effect to react the over-turning moment rather then the opposite (positive lift on the wing in ground effect and force of over-turning moment pushing the side wheel into the ground)? This is counter intuitive…Walter Whitehead

]]> http://blog.greenbird.co.uk/2009/03/21/greenbird-at-americas-cup-regatta/comment-page-1/#comment-604 Mark Barton Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:11:27 +0000 http://blog.greenbird.co.uk/?p=342#comment-604 Richard, Good luck in your quest for speed. I will be out for NABX next week and look forward to seeing Greenbird. We were loading up our gear yesterday (our group is leaving from Louisiana) and talking about the high wind predictions for yesterday and hoping you would make the record. We are sitting on the edge of our seats waiting for news! Richard,
Good luck in your quest for speed. I will be out for NABX next week and look forward to seeing Greenbird. We were loading up our gear yesterday (our group is leaving from Louisiana) and talking about the high wind predictions for yesterday and hoping you would make the record.
We are sitting on the edge of our seats waiting for news!

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