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    B Sailboats providing their own wind

    I'm not sure I understand how the shape of the sail could manage to generate more forward force than the backward force created by sucking the air behind the propeller forward, could you explain? When I think about this: is the affected air is carrying air next to it along for the ride, I would...
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    Can Physics Explain the Wacky World of Cartoons?

    I think I had completed physics up to grade 11, I should probably do 12 via correspondance or something. I like to examine weirdness in cartoon series where physics don't seem to make sense.
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    B Sailboats providing their own wind

    I happened to be watching this cartoon and this one scene seriously bothered me... This... just feels like it wouldn't be a workable solution. Am I wrong? I can't say I perfectly understand how fans or propellers work, but I would imagine that by pushing air or water in one direction, equal...
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