Airplanes deploy revers thrusters when landing which are basically just shaped metal shields that move into place behind the engines to provide reverse thrust and slow the plane.
But adding a fan on a sailboat is seen as stupid and doesn’t work.
The reverse thruster is force originating from the plane pushing against the air.
The fan on the sailboat is force originating from the boat pushing against the boat.
In my mind there is no difference in these setups
And both work, the sail is just very inefficient as a trust reverser. Just remove the sail and use the fan directly. You can rotate the entire fan if you want to reverse.
“The idea works if you just remove this half and reverse the other half.”
I prefer Lemmy to Reddit but the userbase here is way more insufferable.
It’s a venn diagram of people banned from reddit and people who think they’re too good for reddit, what do you expect.
Haha, good point.
Just wait, what does that make us?
Insufferable.