Talk:Turbosail

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I created this page when I found, to my surprise, that Wikipedia didn't have an article on turbosails. Unfortunately, I am not in possession of a great deal of verifiable or referrable sources about turbosails. I know only what I could glean from the internet (the Cousteau site and elsewhere). If anyone has some better references, or a better understanding of how the device works, I would love to see them make it into this article. I understand that it functions similar to and aircraft wing - by reducing the pressure on one side of the tube, it changes the path of air flowing around the tube and generates lift. But I admit I'm a little fuzzy on the details - or whether this thing even works. Some of the sources I found online suggest it had little positive impact on fuel economy, Cousteau propaganda notwithstanding.

One more thing: there's a french wikipedia article on this (turbovoile) - if anyone speaks french and can translate, that might be a great place to start.

Joachim Heck 03:47, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

The French article is a self-contradicting piece of crap. Rama 09:06, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Just reminding everyone to update this article —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.111.120.240 (talk) 06:25, 21 September 2007 (UTC)