Rick Cavallaro's wind powered car can go downwind 2.85 times faster than the wind is blowing.
Rick Cavallaro and his friends have built a wind-powered vehicle that travels downwind faster than the wind.
The unusual wind-powered car hit a top speed 2.86 times faster than the wind during one recent run.
“Skeptics think that the wind is turning the prop, and the car is turning the wheels, and that’s what makes the car go,” Cavallaro said. “That’s not the case. The wheels are turning the prop. What happens is the prop thrust pushes the vehicle.”
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