Did You Know?
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Wavos Rancheros
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Did You Know?
Did you figure this into your next Kite/Sail purchase?
The energy content of the wind varies with the cube (the third power) of the average wind speed, e.g. if the wind speed is twice as high it contains 2 to the 3rd = 2 x 2 x 2 = eight times as much energy!
So at thirty knots, you have eight times as much fun as at 15, right?
The energy content of the wind varies with the cube (the third power) of the average wind speed, e.g. if the wind speed is twice as high it contains 2 to the 3rd = 2 x 2 x 2 = eight times as much energy!
So at thirty knots, you have eight times as much fun as at 15, right?
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~ pimp hand ~
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Re: Did You Know?
this is why my biggest sail is a 4.7Wavos Rancheros wrote:Did you figure this into your next Kite/Sail purchase?
The energy content of the wind varies with the cube (the third power) of the average wind speed, e.g. if the wind speed is twice as high it contains 2 to the 3rd = 2 x 2 x 2 = eight times as much energy!
So at thirty knots, you have eight times as much fun as at 15, right?
