Physics of Sailing by jnszeryk https://padlet.com/jnszeryk/n5x4zza632b6 How can we apply our knowledge of Newton's Laws and sailboat design to design a racing sailboat? en-us 2017-04-24 02:26:47 UTC 2023-06-13 06:56:20 UTC hello@padlet.com Add your ideas to this Padlet. jnszeryk https://padlet.com/jnszeryk/n5x4zza632b6/wish/167730873 2017-04-24 02:42:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jnszeryk/n5x4zza632b6/wish/167730873 Would it work? https://padlet.com/jnszeryk/n5x4zza632b6/wish/167744590 You think that if we put the sails (like the cloth thing) around, would it work, or would it fail miserably? Thing to ponder...]]> 2017-04-24 06:21:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jnszeryk/n5x4zza632b6/wish/167744590 What is the significance of an engine in boats in today's world? s0937 https://padlet.com/jnszeryk/n5x4zza632b6/wish/167744788 In the past, boats did not have engines to rely on and could only use its sail combined with wind to "sail-verb".
Some boats today do not have sails because they instead have engines. 
However,  some boats have both sails and engines.

So, the question here is if a boat has both an engine and a sail, does it work better than a boat with just a sail, or just an engine?
- Brandon, Daniel, Andrei]]> 2017-04-24 06:23:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jnszeryk/n5x4zza632b6/wish/167744788 Adjust to local conditions https://padlet.com/jnszeryk/n5x4zza632b6/wish/167744854 The knowledge of physics and motion would allow us to make a flexible sail and boat body that could adjust to conditions with low/high wind and maximise the available energy.

]]> 2017-04-24 06:23:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jnszeryk/n5x4zza632b6/wish/167744854 How would the shape of the keel affect the direction of the boat? https://padlet.com/jnszeryk/n5x4zza632b6/wish/167744900 If the keel was more streamlined, does that mean that the boat will move more sideways, rather than forward? ]]> 2017-04-24 06:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jnszeryk/n5x4zza632b6/wish/167744900 A boat with three sails? https://padlet.com/jnszeryk/n5x4zza632b6/wish/167744997 Like can we have three sails, different ones. One that is used with the wind (like the usual square thing), one triangular textile one, and one that is like a plane wing, and they all work in the same time, knowing that the square and the triangular textile one can be closed?

]]> 2017-04-24 06:24:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jnszeryk/n5x4zza632b6/wish/167744997 What if...? https://padlet.com/jnszeryk/n5x4zza632b6/wish/167745000 What if the sails are in a rectangular shape? Would that increase the force?
- Elena, Lyubov]]> 2017-04-24 06:24:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jnszeryk/n5x4zza632b6/wish/167745000 A keel (the wing underneath the boat) https://padlet.com/jnszeryk/n5x4zza632b6/wish/167745249 The keel stops the boat from moving sideways when attempting to move into the wind.]]> 2017-04-24 06:26:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jnszeryk/n5x4zza632b6/wish/167745249 Can the pressure point be changed? s0937 https://padlet.com/jnszeryk/n5x4zza632b6/wish/167745310 We learned that in order for a plane to "lift", the high pressure point is below the object while the low pressure point is above the object.
Can the lower pressure point be below the object and the high pressure point above the object?
- Brandon, Daniel, Andrei]]> 2017-04-24 06:27:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jnszeryk/n5x4zza632b6/wish/167745310 A boat like a catamaran https://padlet.com/jnszeryk/n5x4zza632b6/wish/167745369 If a boat was designed like a catamaran, where the air travels under the base, would it help the boat go faster? Would it also increase the lift?]]> 2017-04-24 06:27:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jnszeryk/n5x4zza632b6/wish/167745369 Boat v.2 https://padlet.com/jnszeryk/n5x4zza632b6/wish/167745465 2017-04-24 06:28:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jnszeryk/n5x4zza632b6/wish/167745465 Boat https://padlet.com/jnszeryk/n5x4zza632b6/wish/167745516 What if we make a boat with different sails and make a system to change them quickly at appropriate situations?
-Sanaki, Efe]]> 2017-04-24 06:29:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jnszeryk/n5x4zza632b6/wish/167745516