VANCOUVER ISLAND WINDTALK • Did You Know?
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Did You Know?

Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 8:54 am
by Wavos Rancheros
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?

:lol:

Re: Did You Know?

Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 9:05 am
by ~ pimp hand ~
Wavos 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?

:lol:
this is why my biggest sail is a 4.7 :wink:

Did you know?

Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2004 8:42 am
by asscrack
Especially if you are riding a kite. :o