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DDW Faster than the wind
JohnF, as an addition to my post above, watch this video at about the
1:00 minute point. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEuAqq8FINw You will see that it's moving very slowly (early in the self start process) and if you note the streamers and the angle of the prop airfoils it's not hard to see that the relative tailwind hitting the blades wants to turn the rotor CCW (from the rear) while the wheels are in fact slowly driving the rotor CW. It is this battle between the direct forces of the wind on the blades and the force of the wheels driving the prop shaft that is influenced by the gearing ratio you choose (or wheels size .. same thing). If you lower the gear ratio, the blades win, the rotor turns CCW and the vehicle backs into the wind. In the configuration in the video, the gearing is such that the wheels win the force battle and it moves downwind. The closer you move to this 'center point' in gearing (without going over), the faster the vehicle can go downwind, but the longer it takes to get going. JB |
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