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Landsailing Physics Question...

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Created by Tabeling > 9 months ago, 22 Nov 2010
Tabeling
6 posts
22 Nov 2010 8:38AM
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I'm a student doing my thesis project on landsailing and have a few questions (by the way, I've never land sailed before, only sailed in water). First off does a landsailer handle wind and steering the same way as a sail boat (i.e. points of sail such as broad reach, beam reach ect)? Does the sail need to be turned perpendicular to the wind when it's behind the sailer? If there's a different way to handle wind, could someone please direct me to a site that explains it or doodle a quick picture? Much appreciated.

barn
WA, 2960 posts
22 Nov 2010 9:21AM
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I chose to

doodled a quick picture..

WindRider
QLD, 836 posts
22 Nov 2010 1:11PM
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Are you asking about land sailing which is windsurfing on land (i.e. and over sized skate board) or land yachting. If windsurfing then yes its much the same. Harder for some moves and easier on others. Including points of sail.
Do a search on youtube for landsailing and parkdale. you should see a very light wind landsailing race.

Rad Lad
226 posts
22 Nov 2010 11:20AM
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or you could refer your question to the Land Yachting forum on this site

da vecta
QLD, 2514 posts
22 Nov 2010 2:30PM
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one thing for sure is that land = faster acceleration

Tabeling
6 posts
22 Nov 2010 2:07PM
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Yea, I need land yachting. I was looking for an equivalent of this chart:


Mark _australia
WA, 22423 posts
22 Nov 2010 10:31PM
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Yeah well it is the same, but as the vehicle moves faster than a yacht or windsurfer the sheeting angle is a bit tighter to account for the apparent wind being more "head on"

May be a short essay

decrepit
WA, 12166 posts
22 Nov 2010 11:34PM
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Agree Mark, but instead of a bit tighter, (than a yacht anyway) I'd say a lot tighter.
A windsurfer at speed, (around windspeed), across the wind (C) is almost sheeted completely in, not far off (B).
And Probably the same as a windsurfer, the fastest, (up to twice windspeed depending on wind strength), angle downwind is D, and the sail angle would be about half way between B & C. As Mark Says the landyacht would be faster & tighter still.


Also agree with previous poster, the landyacht forum, will be able to give you more accurate angles if you need them.

Tabeling
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23 Nov 2010 1:01AM
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Thanks!



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