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Description: First show with the sail set so the cart is blown away from the fan. Then set the sail so the cart moves towards the fan. Parts: Pasco dynamics cart track, Pasco fan cart Purchased/Built: purchased Setup Time: 10 min Quant. in Demo Room: 1 Source: Pasco Scientific Demo References The Video Encyclopedia of Physics Demonstrations Disc 02-10 Use a skateboard cart with a foam core sail. The American Journal of Physics AJP 28(3),259 Apparatus Drawings Project No.4: A sailboat rides in an air trough which serves as a keel. Set the angle of the sail with respect to the wind. The American Journal of Physics AJP 40(4),626 A sail is mounted on an air track cart. A table fan supplies the wind. The American Journal of Physics AJP 40(8),1172 Use a large fan to blow at an air track glide with a sail.
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